John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 4:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory honour, and power, etc.] The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental ones, read, “thou art worthy, O Lord, and our God, to receive”; that is, to receive the acknowledgment and ascription of glory, honour, and power; for otherwise God cannot be said to receive these from his creatures, than by their confessing and declaring that they belong unto him: and that for the reasons following, for thou hast created all things; the whole universe, the heavens, the earth, and sea, and all that in them are: and for thy pleasure they are and were created; God is the first cause, and the last end of all things; by his power they are made, and according to his will, and for his own glory, and therefore is worthy of such a doxology; (see <201604>Proverbs 16:4 <451136>Romans 11:36). What is here said is contrary to a notion imbibed by the Jews f144, that the world was not created but for the sake of the Israelites: and elsewhere f145 they say, “the world was not created but for David; and one says for Moses; and Rabbi Jochanan says for the Messiah;” which last is truest.

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