Doctrine and Covenants 77: 5

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 77

5 Q. What are we to understand by the four and twenty ^aelders, spoken of by John?
A. We are to understand that these elders whom John saw, were elders who had been ^bfaithful in the work of the ministry and were dead; who belonged to the ^cseven churches, and were then in the paradise of God.

Footnotes

5a	Rev. 4: 4 (4, 10). 4 ^aAnd round about the throne were four and twenty ^bseats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty ^celders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
b	Rev. 14: 4 (2-5). 4 These are they which were not defiled with ^awomen; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were ^bredeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
c	Rev. 1: 4. 4 JOHN to the ^aseven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which ^bis, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven ^cSpirits which are before his throne;