Revelation 22:8-9
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Revelation 22
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- John Gill - Exposition - Revelation 22:9
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Revelation 22
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Revelation 22:9
Revelation 22:8-9. And John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophet, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
John made a mistake; he mistook the messenger for the Master, and I am not surprised that he did so, for the heavenly beings are like their Lord when they see him as he is. John was quickly set right, and his error was soon corrected. He was bidden to pay no kind of homage to one who however bright and holy, was only his fellow servant. No worship of angels, no worship of angelic men, must be tolerated among us. "Worship God," is the command to us as it was to John.