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When I heard this, I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Don't do that! I serve God, just as you do. I am God's servant, just like other believers who hold firmly to what Jesus has taught. Worship God! What Jesus taught is the very heart of prophecy."
Reference
Greek: ἐπάν (epán)
a particle of indefinite contemporaneousness; whenever, as soon as
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Hebrew: gêh
this
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Hebrew: ʼêtsel
a side; (as a preposition) near
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: σεβάζομαι (sebázomai)
to venerate, i.e. adore
Hebrew: çᵉgid
{to prostrate oneself (in homage)}
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ)
if not
Hebrew: ʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: λατρεύω (latreúō)
to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: ἔνδικος (éndikos)
in the right, i.e. equitable
Hebrew: tsaddîyq
just
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: εἰμί (eimí)
I exist (used only when emphatic)
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Greek: θεράπων (therápōn)
a menial attendant (as if cherishing)
Hebrew: ʻăbad
a servant
Greek: ἔνδικος (éndikos)
in the right, i.e. equitable
Hebrew: tsaddîyq
just
Greek: παρόμοιος (parómoios)
alike nearly, i.e. similar
Greek: λοιποί (loipoí)
remaining ones
Hebrew: chabrâh
an associate
Greek: τήρησις (tḗrēsis)
a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: διδακτός (didaktós)
(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
Hebrew: mâbôwn
instructing
Greek: σεβάζομαι (sebázomai)
to venerate, i.e. adore
Hebrew: çᵉgid
{to prostrate oneself (in homage)}
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Greek: διδακτός (didaktós)
(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
Hebrew: mâbôwn
instructing
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: qaṭ
a little, i.e. (adverbially) merely
Hebrew: bâl
properly, anxiety, i.e. (by implication) the heart (as its seat)
Greek: προφητικός (prophētikós)
pertaining to a foreteller ("prophetic")
Parallel theme
Hebrews 12:25
Spirit
Hebrews 1:14
Witness
John 5:39
Revelation 12:11
Revelation 12:17
1 John 5:10
Worship
Revelation 4:10
Exodus 34:14
Matthew 4:10
Revelation 14:7
Verse Explanation
John falls before the angel to worship but is told not to do so because the angel is only a fellow servant, while worship belongs to God alone and the testimony of Jesus is central to prophecy.
History
Future / theological: The verse strongly emphasizes that angels and servants of God must never replace God as the object of worship.