Revised Literal Translation
Revelation 11:1
1And 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.
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
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. 2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
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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
- 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 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
- Isaiah 28:17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
- Ezekiel 40:3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezekiel 42:15Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
- Zechariah 2:1I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Galatians 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
- Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
- Numbers 33:18And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
- Ezekiel 40:1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of Yhwh was upon me, and brought me thither.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
- 2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Ephesians 2:20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- 1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by 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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