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THE REVELATION
OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE
CHAPTER 4
  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.

Footnotes
4a
JST Rev. 4: 4 And in the midst of the throne were four and twenty seats . . .
b
GR thrones.
c
D&C 77: 5.
  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.