God’s Word Translation
Revelation 11:1
1Then I was given a stick like a measuring stick. I was told, “Stand up and measure the temple of God and the altar. Count those who worship there.
Revelation 11:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
- New International Version (NIV)I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
Context of Revelation 11:1
Then I was given a stick like a measuring stick. I was told, “Stand up and measure the temple of God and the altar. Count those who worship there. 2But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. 3I will allow my two witnesses who wear sackcloth to speak what God has revealed. They will speak for 1,260 days.”
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Καὶ ἐδόθη μοι κάλαμος ὅμοιος ῥάβδῳ λέγων· ἔγειρε καὶ μέτρησον τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας ἐν αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- there was givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- a reedκάλαμοςkalamos · reed/stick/penG2563
- like untoὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
- a rodῥάβδοςrhabdos · rodG4464
- the angelὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- stoodἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
- sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Riseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
- measureμετρέωmetreō · to measureG3354
- the templeναόςnaos · templeG3485
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- the altarθυσιαστήριονthusiastērion · altarG2379
- worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
- thereinἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- thereinαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
Cross-references for Revelation 11:1
- Revelation 21:15The angel who was talking to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
- Isaiah 28:17I will make justice a measuring line and righteousness a plumb line. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floodwaters will wash away your hiding place.
- Ezekiel 40:3He brought me closer. I saw a man who looked like he was covered with bronze. The man was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring stick, and he stood in a gateway.
- Ezekiel 42:15When the man had finished measuring the inner part of the temple area, he led me out through the east gate. Then he measured all the way around the outer area.
- Zechariah 2:1I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Galatians 6:14But it’s unthinkable that I could ever brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. By his cross my relationship to the world and its relationship to me have been crucified.
- Revelation 10:1I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet were like columns of fire.
- Numbers 33:18They moved from Hazeroth and set up camp at Rithmah.
- Ezekiel 40:1It was the tenth day of the month in the beginning of the twenty-fifth year of our captivity and fourteen years after Jerusalem was captured. At that time the Lord’s power came over me, and he brought me to Jerusalem.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Ephesians 2:20You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:5You come to him as living stones, a spiritual house that is being built into a holy priesthood. So offer spiritual sacrifices that God accepts through Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Revelation 11:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1And there was given me a reed - See Ezekiel 40:3, etc. Measure the temple of God - This must refer to the temple of Jerusalem; and this is another presumptive evidence that it was yet standing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And there was given me - He does not say by whom, but the connection would seem to imply that it was by the angel. All this is of course to be regarded as symbolical. The representation undoubtedly pertains to a future age, but the language is such as would be properly addressed to one who had been a Jew, and the imagery employed is such as he would be more likely to understand than any other. The language and the imagery are, therefore, taken from the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Chapter Outline The state of the church is represented under the figure of a temple measured. (1-2) Two witnesses prophesy is sackcloth. (3-6) They are slain, after which they arise and ascend to heaven. (7-13) Under the seventh trumpet, all antichristian powers are to be destroyed and there will be a glorious state of Christ's kingdom upon earth. (14-19) Verses 1-2 This prophetical passage about measuring the temple seems to refer to Ezekiel's vision…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The instructions to measure the temple remind us of Ezekiel’s visions (see Ezekiel 40–42; 43:13–17). The Romans destroyed the Jerusalem temple in AD 70. These details symbolize God's precise knowledge and care for his people (compare Revelation 7:2–4; Zechariah 2:1–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-19Their Death, Resurrection, and Ascension: The Earthquake: The Third Woe: The Seventh Trumpet Ushers in Christ's Kingdom. Thanksgiving of the Twenty-four Elders. This eleventh chapter is a compendious summary of, and introduction to, the more detailed prophecies of the same events to come in the twelfth through twentieth chapters. Hence we find anticipatory allusions to the subsequent prophecies; compare Re 11:7, "the beast that ascendeth out of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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