Rev 22:8-9 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 8. And I John saw these things, and heard them . That is, I saw the parts that were disclosed by pictures, visions and symbols; I heard the parts that were communicated by direct revelation. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel , etc. As he had done on a former occasion. . John appears to have been entirely overcome by the extraordinary nature of the revelations made to him, and not improbably entertained some suspicion that it was the Redeemer himself who had manifested himself to him in this remarkable manner.

Revelation of John 22:8-9

Verse 8. And I John saw these things, and heard them. That is, I saw the parts that were disclosed by pictures, visions and symbols; I heard the parts that were communicated by direct revelation.

And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel, etc. As he had done on a former occasion. Rev 19:10. John appears to have been entirely overcome by the extraordinary nature of the revelations made to him, and not improbably entertained some suspicion that it was the Redeemer himself who had manifested himself to him in this remarkable manner. Verse 9. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not. Rev 19:10.

For I am thy fellow-servant. Barnes on "Re 19:10".

And of thy brethren the prophets. In Rev 19:10, it is, "of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus." Here the angel says that, in the capacity in which he appeared to John, he belonged to the general rank of the prophets, and was no more entitled to worship than any of the prophets had been. Like them, he had merely been employed to disclose important truths in regard to the future; but as the prophets, even the most eminent of them, were not regarded as entitled to worship on account of the communications which they had made, no more was he.

And of them which keep the sayings of this book. "I am a mere creature of God. I, like men, am under law, and am bound to observe the law of God." The "sayings of this book" which he says he kept, must be understood to mean those great principles of religion which it enjoined, and which are of equal obligation on men and angels.

Worship God. Worship God only. Barnes on "Re 19:10".