¹³ And one of the ancients answered, and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? and whence came they?

¹⁴ And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he, that sitteth on the throne, shall dwell over them.