Revelation 11:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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. Greek. plateia,. broad place or way, rather than "street". See Revelation 21:21; Revelation 22:2.

the great city. See Jeremiah 22:8. Jerusalem will have been rebuilt only to be again destroyed. See Isaiah 25:2-9.

spiritually. See 1 Corinthians 2:14.

Sodom and Egypt. Compare Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 1:10; Ezekiel 16:46; Ezekiel 16:53; Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:19; Ezekiel 23:27. See Psalms 9:9; Psalms 10:1.

our. The texts read "their", The Holy Spirit thus points to the city in the plainest way.

crucified. Only here in Rev.

Revelation 11:8

8 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.