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Text -- Revelation 11:1-12 (NET)
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The Fate of the Two Witnesses
11:1 Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me , and I was told , “Get up and measure the temple of God , and the altar , and the ones who worship there .
11:2 But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple ; leave it out , because it has been given to the Gentiles , and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months .
11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days , dressed in sackcloth.
11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth .)
11:5 If anyone wants to harm them , fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies . If anyone wants to harm them , they must be killed this way .
11:6 These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain rain during the time they are prophesying . They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want .
11:7 When they have completed their testimony , the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them .
11:8 Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt , where their Lord was also crucified .
11:9 For three and a half days those from every people , tribe , nation , and language will look at their corpses , because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb .
11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate , even sending gifts to each other , because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth .
11:11 But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them , and they stood on their feet , and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them .
11:12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them : “Come up here !” So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
REVELATION OF JOHN |
Temple |
Angel |
Vision |
Jesus, The Christ |
Martyrdom |
THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
CORPSE |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Reed |
CARCASS; CARCASE |
Burial |
ASTRONOMY, I |
Abyss |
BODY |
Dead Body |
Holy Spirit |
God |
Deep, The |
Egypt |
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NET Notes -> Rev 11:1; Rev 11:1; Rev 11:1; Rev 11:2; Rev 11:2; Rev 11:2; Rev 11:2; Rev 11:2; Rev 11:3; Rev 11:4; Rev 11:5; Rev 11:5; Rev 11:5; Rev 11:5; Rev 11:6; Rev 11:6; Rev 11:6; Rev 11:6; Rev 11:7; Rev 11:7; Rev 11:8; Rev 11:8; Rev 11:8; Rev 11:9; Rev 11:9; Rev 11:9; Rev 11:11; Rev 11:11; Rev 11:12; Rev 11:12; Rev 11:12; Rev 11:12
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NET Notes: Rev 11:3 The word “authority” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. “Power” would be another alternative that could be supplied her...
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NET Notes: Rev 11:5 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
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