3.5.11 - Revelation 5:11

living creatures
See commentary on Revelation 4:6.

elders
In favor of the view that the elders are the redeemed, they are distinguished from angels both here and in Revelation 7:11 +. See commentary on Revelation 4:4.

ten thousand times ten thousand
μυριάδες μυριάδων [myriades myriadōn] , myriads of myriads, a countless multitude. A similar phrase describes the demonic horsemen, δισμυριάδες μυριάδων [dismyriades myriadōn] , two myriads of myriads. Assuming demons are fallen angels, and only one-third of the angels fell (Rev. 12:4 +), then the total number of the elect angels is truly staggering, essentially innumerable (Job 25:3; Ps. 68:17; Dan. 7:10; Mtt. 26:53; Luke 2:13-14; Heb. 12:22).