Revelation 11:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. ”

• Revelation 11:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Analysis of the Chapter 11:19–12 This portion of the book commences, according to the view presented in the closing remarks on the last chapter, a new series of visions, designed more particula...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the temple of God was (31) opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail....

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• Revelation 11:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Seventh Trumpet and the Third Woe. The story which was broken off at Revelation 9:21 is now resumed. The seventh trumpet heralds the approach of the Kingdom of Christ. Revelation 11:15 ....

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• Revelation 11:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  was... heaven. The texts read "which is in heaven was opened". seen. App-133. testament . covenant. Greek. diatheke. Only occurrence in Rev. great hail. Corresponds with Revelation 16:21...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. The t...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And the temple of God, &c.— Bishop Newton, with Grotius, is of opinion, that this verse should introduce the twelfth chapter, as it appears to begin a new subject: it is much in the same spirit...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail....

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the temple of God ... — Translate, And the temple of God was opened in the heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and a...

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “He Shall Reign For Ever and Ever” Revelation 11:14-19 ; Revelation 12:1-6 The kingdom is even now Christ's, but it is hidden, even as He is. One day it will be manifested. For a long time Dav...

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ev...

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• Revelation 11:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the temple of God was opened in heaven ,.... The temple at Jerusalem, to which the allusion is, was the place of public worship; this, in times of idolatry, was shut up, and fell to decay; and w...

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• Revelation 11:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Ve...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the temple of God Bishop Newton and Grotius think that this verse should introduce chap. 12., as it appears to begin a new subject. It is somewhat like the beginning of Isaiah's vision, ( Revel...

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Seventh Trumpet. A. D.  95.       14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comet...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And the temple of God: some here, by the temple of God, understand the representation of the temple in Jerusalem; others understand the church triumphant; others, the church of Christ militant h...

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• Revelation 11:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And the Temple of God in Heaven was opened and in His temple was seen the ark of the covenant, and there followed lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.' Nothing is se...

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The sounding of the seventh trumpet:

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• Revelation 11:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 3:14-16 ; Exodus 25:21 ; Exodus 25:22 ; Exodus 9:18-29 ; Ezekiel 13:11 ; Ezekiel 38:22 ; Hebrews 9:4-8 ; Isaiah 28:2 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Isaiah 32:19 ; Isaiah 6:1-4 ; Job 38:22...

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• Revelation 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And the temple of God — The inmost part of it. Was opened in heaven — And hereby is opened a new scene of the most momentous things, that we may see how the contents of the seventh trumpet are exec...

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