Revelation 7:3

7:3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants ¹  of our God.”

Revelation 11:16

11:16 Then ²  the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ³  and worshiped God

¹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

³ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”