14I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
John’s reply, “Sir, you know,” indicates that John feels the elder is more able to answer these questions than he himself. The elder, after all, belongs in the council of God and wears a golden crown (Revelation 4:4).
14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.