D&C 77:5 · Revelation 4:4

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 77:5

"Q. What are we to understand by the four and twenty elders, spoken of by John? A. We are to understand that these elders whom John saw, were elders who had been faithful in the work of the ministry and were dead"

New Testament Revelation 4:4

"and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold."

Shared words: four and twenty elders

'four and twenty elders' stands at seven distinct frozen verses in the corpus: six in the Revelation, at 4:4, 4:10, 5:8, 5:14, 11:16 and 19:4, and this one. The vision describes what they wear and where they sit; the section supplies three facts the vision does not, that they had been faithful in the ministry, that they were dead, and that they belonged to the seven churches. The section names John but no chapter or verse here. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review. Minted asserted_by: source at the 2026-08-10 editorial review.

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