^{9 Ref} After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

^{10 Ref} They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

^{11 Ref} All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,

^{12 Ref} saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen."

^{13 Ref} One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"

^{14 Ref} I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.