Revelation 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. ”

Revelation 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street - Prof. Stuart, “Shall be in the street.” The words “shall lie” are supplied by the translators, but not improperly. The literal rendering would be,...
Revelation 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the (13) street of the great city, which (d) spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, (14) where also our Lord was crucified. (13) That is, openly at Rome: where a...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dead bodies . corpse (singular, with all texts). Greek. ptoma. Only here, Revelation 11:9 (plural) Matthew 24:28 ; Mark 6:29 . shall lie. Read "lie". in. Greek. epi . App-104. street....
Revelation 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. The great city - Some say Rome, which may be spiritu...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Dead bodies. So 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Syriac, A...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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....
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city ,.... Not Jerusalem, which was destroyed when John had this vision, and which will; not be rebuilt at the time it refers to; nor is...
Revelation 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Ver. 8. And their dead bodies ] This shows it ca...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Their bodies dead, in the sense before mentioned, shall continue so for three days and a half, of which we shall speak, Revelation 11:11 . But what is here meant: 1. By the great city? 2. By...
Revelation 11:8 - 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 (...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

great city That is, Jerusalem.
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The fate of the two witnesses:
Revelation 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:6 ; Acts 9:4 ; Amos 4:11 ; Exodus 1:13 ; Exodus 1:14 ; Exodus 20:2 ; Exodus 3:7 ; Ezekiel 16:53-55 ; Ezekiel 37:11 ; Genesis 13:13 ; Genesis 19:24 ; Hebrews 13:12 ; Hebrews 6:6...
Revelation 11:8 - 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...
Revelation 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And their bodies shall be — Perhaps hanging on a cross. In the street of the great city — Of Jerusalem, a far greater city, than any other in those parts. This is described both spiritually and his...

Revelation 11:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Revelation 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Revelation 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 11:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes