I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had been showing me these things.
I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do this! I am a fellow slave with you and with your siblings who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.”
They were expecting him to swell up or fall down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
that whenever y’all hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, y’all must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of humanity, for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”