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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-14

Two witnesses (11:1-14)In Daniel 9:24-27 there is a prophecy that the enemies of the Jews would corrupt their city and their temple for three and a half years (which is the same as forty-two months, or 1260 days). This happened in 167-164 BC, when the ruler of the Syrian sector of the Greek Empire, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, conquered Jerusalem, killed Jews by the thousand and tried by every means to destroy their religion. His supreme expression of hate for God’s people was to set up a Greek idol... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 11:14

second. One of the three in Revelation 8:13 . and. Omit. behold. App-133 . cometh = is coming. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 11:14

The second Woe is past: behold, the third Woe cometh quickly.Most commentators hold to the view expressed by Eller that, "The vision has brought us through the fortunes of the church to the end-time, and up to the end itself ... No. 7 is the end."[81] Our view does not correspond with this. We have already gone through the end in the Second Woe; and exactly like the seventh seal, this seventh trumpet does not depict any earthly development whatever. Why then should it be called a Woe at all?... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 11:14

14. The second woe—that under the sixth trumpet ( :-), including also the prophecy, :-: Woe to the world, joy to the faithful, as their redemption draweth nigh. the third woe cometh quickly—It is not mentioned in detail for the present, until first there is given a sketch of the history of the origination, suffering, and faithfulness of the Church in a time of apostasy and persecution. Instead of the third woe being detailed, the grand consummation is summarily noticed, the thanksgiving of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 11:1-14

F. Supplementary revelation of the two witnesses in the Great Tribulation 11:1-14John recorded the revelation dealing with the two witnesses to inform his readers of the ministries of these important individuals during the Great Tribulation. This section continues the parenthetical revelation begun in Revelation 10:1. It is one of the more difficult chapters to interpret, and students of the book have proposed many different explanations. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 11:14

5. The end of the second woe 11:14This verse is transitional (cf. Revelation 9:12). It refers to the end of the second woe (the sixth trumpet, Revelation 9:21) and ties this judgment in with the third woe (the seventh trumpet). It clarifies that God interjected the revelations of the mighty angel and the little scroll (Revelation 10:1-11) and the two witnesses (Revelation 11:1-13) into the chronological sequence of trumpet judgments. He did so to give supplementary, encouraging information. The... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

The Two Witnesses. The Seventh Trumpet1-14. Second episode. There is much difference of opinion as to the meaning of this vision. Perhaps the key may be found in the parallelism of the book. There were two episodical visions after the sixth seal (see on Revelation 7), the first signifying that Christ’s people were separated and preserved from God’s judgments, the second that they were preserved not from but through death. The same meaning may be found here.1, 2. The sanctuary and altar of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 11:3-14

(3-14) The Two WITNESSES.—It is the opinion of one able and pre-eminently painstaking commentator that “no solution has ever been given of this portion of the prophecy.” I quote this that none may be disappointed when no satisfactory solution is given here; further light in the knowledge of the Bible, and the light of history, and, above all, the aid of the Holy Spirit, may show what the real solution is. At present it is best to lay down the lines which seem to lead in the direction of such a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 11:14

(14) The second woe . . .—Translate, The second woe is past. (Omit the word “and,” which weakens the proclamation.) The eagle flying in mid-heaven had announced the three woe trumpets. A voice now reminds us that two of these had passed, just as at the close of the fifth trumpet a voice proclaimed that the first woe was past. We must remember, too, that the angel which descended from heaven declared that the end should not be delayed beyond the sounding of the seventh trumpet; the last woe... read more

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