Revelation 4:9-11 And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,… England was perhaps never more humiliated than when John took off his crown and placed it in the hands of Pandulph, the Pope's legate, and then received it from him as from the Pope. It was mean in John so to abase himself, especially after he had boasted that "no Italian priest shall tithe or toll in our dominion." It would have been less disgraceful in him to have hurled his crown among the reeds beside the Thames, than to have put it in the hands of Pandulph. But the royal people in heaven are right in doing homage for their crowns before the throne of God. By that act they confess their indebtedness to God for their crowns. (J. Marrat.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, |
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