Revelation 11
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Revelation 11:3-12

3And I will grant authority to my two 1witnesses, and they will prophesy for 21,260 days, clothed in 3sackcloth.” 4These are the 4two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5And if anyone wants to harm them, 5fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, 6he must be killed in this way. 6These have the power to 7shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during 8the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to 9turn them into blood, and 10to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7When they have finished their testimony, 11the beast that comes up out of the 12abyss will 13make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. 8And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the 14great city which 15spiritually is called 16Sodom and 17Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9Those from 18the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead 19bodies for three and a half days, and 2021will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10And 22those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will 23send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented 24those who live on the earth.

11And after the three and a half days, 25the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. 12And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “26Come up here.” And they 27went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 11:3 Rev 1:5; 2:13 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 11:3 Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 11:3 Gen 37:34; 2 Sam 3:31; 1 Kin 21:27; 2 Kin 19:1f; Neh 9:1; Esth 4:1; Ps 69:11; Joel 1:13; Jon 3:5f, 8 ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 11:4 Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3, 11, 14 ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 11:5 2 Kin 1:10-12; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17f ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 11:5 Num 16:29, 35 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 11:6 1 Kin 17:1; Luke 4:25 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 11:6 Rev 11:3 ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 11:6 Ex 7:17ff; Rev 8:8 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 11:6 1 Sam 4:8 ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 11:7 Rev 13:1ff; 17:8 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 11:7 Rev 9:1 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 11:7 Dan 7:21; Rev 13:7 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 11:8 Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:2, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 11:8 I.e., from the viewpoint of the Holy Spirit ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 11:8 Is 1:9, 10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Ezek 16:46, 49 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 11:8 Ezek 23:3, 8, 19, 27 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 11:9 Rev 5:9; 10:11 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 11:9 Lit body ↩
  20. 20. Revelation 11:9 Lit do not permit ↩
  21. 21. Revelation 11:9 1 Kin 13:22; Ps 79:2f ↩
  22. 22. Revelation 11:10 Rev 3:10 ↩
  23. 23. Revelation 11:10 Neh 8:10, 12; Esth 9:19, 22 ↩
  24. 24. Revelation 11:10 Rev 3:10 ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 11:11 Ezek 37:5, 9, 10, 14 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 11:12 Rev 4:1 ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 11:12 2 Kin 2:11; Acts 1:9 ↩

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