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6 These ahave power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.  

The Witnesses Killed

7 When they afinish their testimony, bthe beast that ascends cout of the bottomless pit dwill make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.  
8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of athe great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, bwhere also our Lord was crucified.  
9 aThen those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations1 will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, band not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.  
10 aAnd those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, band send gifts to one another, cbecause these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.  

The Witnesses Resurrected

11 aNow after the three-and-a-half days bthe breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.  
12 And1 they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” aAnd they ascended to heaven bin a cloud, cand their enemies saw them.  
13 In the same hour athere was a great earthquake, band a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid cand gave glory to the God of heaven.  
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Revelation 11:8

Their dead bodies lie (to ptwma autwn). Old word from piptw (to fall), a fall, especially of bodies slain in battle, a corpse, a carcase (Matthew 14:12), here the singular (some MSS. ptwmata, plural) as belonging to each of the autwn (their) like stomatov autwn (their mouth) in verse Revelation 11:5. So also in verse Revelation 11:9. No word in the Greek for "lie."

In (epi). "Upon," as in verse Revelation 11:6, with genitive (thv plateiav), the broad way (odou understood), from platuv (broad) as in Matthew 6:5, old word (Revelation 21:21; Revelation 22:2).

Of the great city (thv polewv thv megalhv). Clearly Jerusalem in view of the closing clause (opou—estaurwqh), though not here called "the holy city" as in verse Revelation 11:2, and though elsewhere in the Apocalypse Babylon (Rome) is so described (Revelation 14:8; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 17:5; Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:18-19, Revelation 18:21).

Which (htiv). Which very city, not "whichever."

Spiritually (pneumatikwv). This late adverb from pneumatikov (spiritual) occurs in the N.T. only twice, in I Corinthians 2:14 for the help of the Holy Spirit in interpreting God's message and here in a hidden or mystical (allegorical sense). For this use of pneumatikov see I Corinthians 10:3 f. Judah is called Sodom in Isaiah 1:9 f.; Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 16:55. See also Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:23. Egypt is not applied to Israel in the O.T., but is "an obvious symbol of oppression and slavery" (Swete).

Where also their Lord was crucified (opou kai o kuriov autwn estaurwqh). First aorist passive indicative of staurow, to crucify, a reference to the fact of Christ's crucifixion in Jerusalem. This item is one of the sins of Jerusalem and the disciple is not greater than the Master (John 15:20).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 11:8:

Revelation 10:2
Revelation 11:1
Revelation 11:1
Revelation 11:2
Revelation 11:9
Revelation 17:5
Revelation 17:8
Revelation 22:6

 

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