Revelation 11:2-4 NIV

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:4

11:4 These {8} are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.(8) That is, the ordinary and perpetual instruments of spiritual grace, peace and light in my Church, which God by his only power preserved in this Temple. See Zechariah 4:3 . read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

We have seen under the sixth trumpet the desolating invasion of Israel by the King of the North, which takes place because of Israel's idolatrous image of the Beast set up in the temple at the middle of Daniel's seventieth week. Revelation 11:1 to Revelation 13:18 therefore deals with conditions in the last half of this seven year period, designated in scripture as "the Great Tribulation." John is given a reed like a rod and told by the Angel (the Lord) to measure the temple, the altar and... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

THE SEVEN TRUMPETS We have here another illustration of the law of recurrence, for in these chapters we are going over the ground of the last, though certain features are being added which were not then revealed. In other words, it is still the Tribulation Period. INTRODUCTION (Revelation 8:2-5 ) In the previous lesson the Introduction included the vision of “The Throne, the Lamb and the Book,” while here it is the revelation of the angel and the incense. There is no satisfactory... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1-2

(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. (2) But 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. The beloved Apostle is here employed by the Lord, to measure the temple of God, and the Altar, and them that worship therein. This latter clause of the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:3-6

(3) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (4) These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (5) And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. (6) These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:2

The holy city they shall tread under foot forty-two months. [1] That is, Gentiles and Jews shall be permitted to persecute the Church and the faithful servants of God; but only for a short time, expressed by forty-two months, as elsewhere by twelve hundred and sixty days, and also by a time, and times, and half a time, which, as St. Jerome observes, is for a year, and two years, and half a year, which three different ways of speaking by years, by months, and by days, are only to signify... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:3

My two witnesses....shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days. It is a very common interpretation, that by these two witnesses must be understood Henoch [Enoch] and Elias [Elijah], who are to come before the end of the world. It is true this is what we read in several of the ancient Fathers, insomuch, that Dr. Wells, in his paraphrase, calls it the "consent of the primitive fathers," and in his notes says, it is of "unexceptionable authority." This opinion (at least as to Elias) is grounded... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:4

These are the two olive-trees, flourishing with works of piety and mercy, and the two candlesticks shining with faith and good works. (Witham) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-2

1,2 This prophetical passage about measuring the temple seems to refer to Ezekiel's vision. The design of this measuring seems to be the preservation of the church in times of public danger; or for its trial, or for its reformation. The worshippers must be measured; whether they make God's glory their end, and his word their rule, in all their acts of worship. Those in the outer court, worship in a false manner, or with dissembling hearts, and will be found among his enemies. God will have a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:3-13

3-13 In the time of treading down, God kept his faithful witnesses to attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellence of his ways, The number of these witnesses is small, yet enough. They prophesy in sackcloth. It shows their afflicted, persecuted state, and deep sorrow for the abominations against which they protested. They are supported during their great and hard work, till it is done. When they had prophesied in sackcloth the greatest part of 1260 years, antichrist, the great... read more

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:4

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1-2

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:3-6

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:2

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:3

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:4

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-2

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:3-13

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