We shall reign (Bacirctooper). Read Bacidevovow they reign. Their reigning is not future, but present.
11. Ten thousand times ten thousand (uuplades pupi- adwv). Lit., ten thousands of ten thousands. Compare Ps. Ixviii. 17; Dan. viii. 10. Mupids, whence the English myriad, means the number ten thousand. So, literally, Acts xix. 19, dpyuplov pupiddas mévte fifty-thousand pieces of silver ; dite, five ten-thousands. In the plural used for an unlimited num- ber. See Luke xii. 1; Acts xxi. 20; Heb. xii. 22; Jude 14.
Trousands (xuAud8es). Xvdsds, a collective term like puptas, meaning the number one thousand, is almost invariably used with men in the Apocalypse. See ch. vii. 4; xi. 13. Only once with a material object (ch. xxi. 16). With inferior objects yirsor a thousand is used. See ch. xi. 3; xii. 6. These words are the theme of Alford’s noble hymn—
‘Ten thousand times ten thousand In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light: ’Tis finished, all is finished, Their fight with death and sin ; Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in.”
12. Power, etc. Rev., “the power.” Compare the ascrip- tion in ch. iv. 11, on which see note, and notice that each sep- arate particular there has the article, while here it is attached only to the first, che power, the one article including all the particulars, as if they formed but one word. On the doxolo- gies, see on ch. i. 6.
Riches (Aodrov). Not limited to spiritual riches, but de- noting the fulness of every gift of God. Jas. i. 17; Acts xvii. 25. Only here in a doxology.
Blessing (edAoylav). See on the kindred word evdoynTos blessed, 1 Pet. i. 3.