Revelation 11:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. ”

• Revelation 11:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them - Those dwelling in the land would rejoice over their fall and ruin. This cannot, of course, mean all who inhabit the globe; but, accord...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they that dwell upon the earth (16) shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets (17) tormented them that dwelt on the earth. (16) So...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Interlude continued. The Second Episode. The first two verses are introductory, and represent the survey or measuring of the holy city by the seer. Then comes the prophecy concerning the two wi...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  upon, on. App-104. shall. Omit. over. Greek. epi . App-104. send. App-174. prophets. App-189. tormented. See Revelation 9:5 .

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• Revelation 11:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. Shall send gifts -...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  When they shall have finished, &c.— Or, When they shall be about to finish their testimony, the wild beast that ascendeth out of the abyss, &c. After the description of the witnesses, t...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. They that d...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Two Witnesses. The Seventh Trumpet 1-14. 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. Ther...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (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 ma...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER VIII. SECOND CONSOLATORY VISION AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. Revelation 11:1-19 . FROM the first consolatory vision we proceed to the second: - "And there was given unto me a reed like unt...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the “Two Witnesses” Revelation 11:1-13 We cannot in this brief note indicate the various interpretations of this chapter, but certain great principles underlie it, which are true of every age....

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• Revelation 11:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  John is called on to measure the temple. In such measurements the court of the Gentiles is not to be recognized. It shows God dealing with the world through His chosen people. The account of the two...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (7) And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. (8) And their dead bodie...

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• Revelation 11:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they that dwell upon the earth ,.... Out of which the beast arose, and over which he reigns, even the inhabitants of the Roman empire, often in this book called the earth, the followers of antic...

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• Revelation 11:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. Ver. 10. Shall...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When they shall have finished their testimony , &c. After the description of the power and office of the witnesses, follows a prediction of those things which shall befall them at the latter end...

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• Revelation 11:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Two Witnesses. A. D.  95.       3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is plain by the repeating of the same words in the close of the verse, that by those that dwell upon the earth are meant earthly, carnal men, whether papists or atheists; men that are mad upon t...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Measuring of the Sanctuary and the Two Witnesses ( Revelation 11:1-14 ). It is significant that these events take place within the second ‘woe' when wholesale death pervades the Middle East (...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND ITS TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE paragraph, Revelation 11:1-13 , gives the contents of the “little book,” which are in part joyful and in part bitter. The...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 11:1 . There was given me a reed like unto a rod to measure the temple of God, the new-testament church. The prophet of old had a similar vision, and all the prophets spake of the enlar...

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• Revelation 11:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Rise, and measure the temple of God. The living temple of Christ’s Church and the two witnesses of the Word written and the sacraments The temple and altar, and them that worshipped therein, we...

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• Revelation 11:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod. We are not told by whom the reed is given, but in Revelation 21:1-66 . the angel has the reed, and so also in...

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• Revelation 11:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The fate of the two witnesses:

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• Revelation 11:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 13:6 ; 1 Kings 18:17 ; 1 Kings 21:20 ; 1 Kings 22:18 ; 1 Kings 22:8 ; Acts 17:5 ; Acts 17:6 ; Acts 5:33 ; Acts 7:54-57 ; Esther 9:19-22 ; Jeremiah 38:4 ; Jeremiah 50:11 ; J...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Two Witnesses Revelation 10:1-11 and Revelation 11:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the study of the eleventh chapter of Revelation we wish to say a word about the t...

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• Revelation 11:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And they that dwell upon the earth — Perhaps this expression may peculiarly denote earthly — minded men. Shall make merry — As did the Philistines over Samson. And send gifts to one another — Both...

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