Revelation 11:1-8

The Two Witnesses

1 Then there was given me a 1measuring rod like a staff; and 2someone said, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.
2 "Leave out the 3court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for 4it has been given to the nations; and they will 5tread under foot 6the holy city for 7forty-two * months.
3 "And I will grant authority to my two 8witnesses, and they will prophesy for 9twelve * hundred * and sixty days, clothed in 10sackcloth."
4 These are the 11two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5 And if anyone wants to harm them, 12fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, 13he must be killed in this way.
6 These have the power to 14shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during 15the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to 16turn them into blood, and 17to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
7 When they have finished their testimony, 18the beast that comes up out of the 19abyss will 20make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the 21great city which mystically is called 22Sodom and 23Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Cross References 23

  • 1. Ezek 40:3-42:20; Zechariah 2:1; Revelation 21:15
  • 2. Revelation 10:11
  • 3. Ezekiel 40:17, 20
  • 4. Luke 21:24
  • 5. Luke 21:24
  • 6. Isaiah 52:1; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 27:53; Revelation 21:2, 10; Revelation 22:19
  • 7. Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7; Revelation 12:6; Revelation 13:5
  • 8. Revelation 1:5; Revelation 2:13
  • 9. Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7; Revelation 12:6; Revelation 13:5
  • 10. Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 19:1; Nehemiah 9:1; Esther 4:1; Psalms 69:11; Joel 1:13; Jon 3:5f, 8
  • 11. Psalms 52:8; Jeremiah 11:16; Zech 4:3, 11, 14
  • 12. 2 Kings 1:10-12; Jeremiah 5:14; Revelation 9:17
  • 13. Numbers 16:29, 35
  • 14. 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25
  • 15. Revelation 11:3
  • 16. Exodus 7:17f; Revelation 8:8
  • 17. 1 Samuel 4:8
  • 18. Revelation 13:1f; Revelation 17:8
  • 19. Revelation 9:1
  • 20. Daniel 7:21; Revelation 13:7
  • 21. Revelation 14:8; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 17:18; Revelation 18:2, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21
  • 22. Isaiah 1:9, 10; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 16:46, 49
  • 23. Ezek 23:3, 8, 19, 27

Footnotes 6

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