Revelation 11:1

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 measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. 2But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. 3And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.”

Revelation 11:1 word by word

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 talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
• Isaiah 28:17I will test you with the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness. Since your refuge is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, a flood will sweep it away.
• Ezekiel 40:3As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.
• Ezekiel 42:15When the man had finished measuring the inside of the Temple area, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire perimeter.
• Zechariah 2:1When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
• Galatians 6:14As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
• Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire.
• Numbers 33:18They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
• Ezekiel 40:1On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the Lord took hold of me.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
• 2 Corinthians 6:16And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Ephesians 2:20Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.
• 1 Peter 2:5And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.

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

Topics related to Revelation 11:1

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Reed
• Vision
• Worship

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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