11 Then I answered and said to him, “What are these ^atwo olive trees—at the right of the lampstand and at its left?”  ‡

12 And I further answered and said to him, “What are these two olive branches that drip¹ into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?”  ‡

14 So he said, ^a“These are the two anointed ones, ^bwho stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.” ‡