Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Revelation 11:6
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy, and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy, and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will.
Verse Revelation 11:6. _THESE HAVE POWER TO SHUT HEAVEN_] As _Elijah_ did, 1 Kings 17:1. _TO TURN THEM TO BLOOD_] As Moses did, Exodus 7:19-2. They shall have power to afflict the land
THESE HAVE POWER TO SHUT HEAVEN - That is, so far as rain is concerned - for this is immediately specified. There is probably a reference here to an ancient opinion that the rain was kept in the cloud...
CHAPTER 11:1-18 Revelation 11:1 . We see at once how Jewish things come now into view. To apply these verses to the Church and make the temple the Church is absolutely wrong. The temple and the altar...
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 witne...
ANTICHRIST (Revelation 11:1-19) In the passages of the Revelation which we are now about to approach we will on many occasions meet the figure of Antichrist. This figure has exercised a strange fasci...
POWER. App-172. HEAVEN. See Revelation 3:12. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ NOT. App-105. IN. Greek. _en_. but the texts omit. PROPHECY. See App-189. WATERS. the waters. TO. into. PLAGUES...
_power to shut heaven_ Like Elijah: _over waters_, &c. like Moses....
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Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES...
ΚΛΕΙ͂ΣΑΙ ΤῸΝ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΌΝ. Like Elias. ΤᾺΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΊΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. Is this term fixed with conscious reference to the three years and six months for which Elias did shut heaven (Luke 4:25; James 5...
_ THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO WITNESSES REVELATION 11:3-6._ The message of the two witnesses is that the gospel will triumph. It is easy to see that the figures behind the two witnesses are Moses and E...
ΈΧΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΚΛΕΪΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΛΕΊΩ (G2808) закрывать, захлопывать. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет слово ΕΞΟΥΣΊΑ (G1849) власть, ΎΕΤΌΣ (G5205) дождь, ΒΡΈΧΗ _p...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 33 Text Revelation 11:1-14 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar; and them that worship therein. A...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XI THE MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPLE _Text (Revelation 11:1-18)_ 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and th...
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. T...
__ Throne Section-The Two Witnesses 4 The two olive trees remind us of Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel (Zech. 3-4), who witnessed for Jehovah in a former apostasy. The ministry of the two witn...
11:6 power (g-3) power (g-22) As ch. 9.10....
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. There we...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 JOHN MEASURES THE *TEMPLE - REVELATION 11:1-2 V1 An *angel gave me a stick that was like a pole. He said, ‘Go. You must measure...
(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 may b...
CHAPTER VIII. SECOND CONSOLATORY VISION AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. Revelation 11:1. FROM the first consolatory vision we proceed to the second: - "And there was given unto me a reed like unto a rod:...
In this description, borrowed from traditional features of Moses and Elijah (whose drought lasted for three and a half years, according to Luke 4:25; James 5:17), the metaphorical expressions of passa...
THE “TWO WITNESSES” Revelation 11:1 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. (1) Duri...
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 w...
God gives his message power and providentially supports those who deliver it. God told Jeremiah his word would be like a fire to devour the sinful people. (Jeremiah 5:14; also note 20:9) Elijah had po...
(3) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (4) These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks s...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Interlude Part 2 A bum, obviously under the influence of alcohol, approached evangelist D.L. Moody. "Mr. Moody," he said, "you're the man who saved me." As the great evangelist observed the beard...
We are here at once in the centre of prophetic subjects Jerusalem, the temple, the altar, and worshipers. The worshipers and the altar are recognised and accepted of God those worshiping in the secret...
THESE HAVE POWER TO SHUT HEAVEN,.... For these have the keys of the kingdom of heaven given them, and whatever they bind or loose on earth is bound or loosed in heaven; or in other words, having the t...
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. Ver....
_And I will give power unto my two witnesses_ Here God promises to raise up some true and faithful witnesses to preach and protest against the innovations and inventions which he foresaw would corrupt...
The images of these two verses represent the jealous care with which God watches over his faithful servants, and the punishment with which he visits their persecutors. FIRE PROCEEDETH OUT OF THEIR MO...
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...
_ 6 These have 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 t...
3-13 In the time of treading down, God kept his faithful witnesses to attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellence of his ways, The number of these witnesses is small, yet enough. The...
It is plain that here is an allusion to Elijah, who _prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months,_ JAMES 5:17; see the story, 1 K...
Dubious Hippolytus Fragments These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of the advent of Antichrist, and to turn waters into blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues as often...
Revelation 11:6 These G3778 have G2192 (G5719) power G1849 shut G2808 (G5658) heaven G3772 no G3363 rain...
‘These have the power to shut the heaven so that it will not rain during the days of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plagu...
THE MEASURING OF THE SANCTUARY AND THE TWO WITNESSES (REVELATION 11:1). It is significant that these events take place within the second ‘woe' when wholesale death pervades the Middle East (Revelation...
Revelation 11:6. Not only does fire proceed out of the mouth of the witnesses; they have also THE POWER TO SHUT THE HEAVEN THAT IT RAIN NOT DURING THE DAYS OF THEIR PROPHECY, AND THEY HAVE POWER OVER...
TO SHUT THE HEAVEN (κλεισα τον ουρανον). First aorist active infinitive of κλειω. As Elijah did by prayer (1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17).THAT IT RAIN NOT (ινα μη υετος βρεχη). Sub-final use...
CONTENTS: Times of the Gentiles to end in a period of forty-two months. Two heavenly witnesses will prophecy on the earth. The seventh trumpet judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, John, tw...
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 enlargem...
THE TWO WITNESSES ARE THE TWO OLIVE TREES. The _two olive trees_ symbolize _evangelism -_ the outreach of the messianic community. The _two lamps_ symbolize the _fellowship_ within the messianic commu...
_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, were c...
_I will give power unto My two witnesses._ THE PREACHER A WITNESS AND A PROPHET 1. The prophecy under consideration gives us an undeniable evidence of the Divinity and truth of the gospel. 2. The p...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:1 The visions of the temple and the witnesses reassure believers of God’s protection. However, spiritual protection still allows physical suffering....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:3 Scripture requires two witnesses to confirm testimony (Deuteronomy 19:15;...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:5 The witnesses especially fulfill the church’s prophetic__ role. They pour out God’s word as fiery judgment FROM THEIR MOUTH. They announce drought as Elijah did ...
This is a passage that has puzzled many. Two witnesses prophesy 1260 days, the same forty-two months or three and a half years. They have great power to stay the rain, and turn water to blood, and smi...
THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND ITS TEMPLE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE paragraph, Revelation 11:1, gives the contents of the “little book,” which are in part joyful and in part bitter. The marking...
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. the angel has the reed, and so also in...
5 _ AND IF ANY MAN WILL HURT THEM, FIRE PROCEEDETH OUT OF THEIR MOUTH, AND DEVOURETH THEIR ENEMIES: AND IF ANY MAN WILL HURT THEM, HE MUST IN THIS MANNER BE KILLED._ _ 6 THESE HAVE POWER TO SHUT HE...
So there was given unto me a reed like unto a rod (Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:1): That is a measuring stick about the length of a rod. and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple o...
1 Kings 17:1; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 12:28; James 5:16; Luke 4:25;...
To shut up the heaven. As Elijah, 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17. That it rain not [ι ν α μ η β ρ ε χ η υ ε τ ο ς]. Lit., that the rain may not wet. To turn them into blood. Compare...
THE TWO WITNESSES Revelation 10:1 _and Revelation 11:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the study of the eleventh chapter of Revelation we wish to say a word about the tenth chapter. 1...
These have power — And they use that power. See Revelation 11:10. To shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophesying — During those "twelve hundred and sixty days." And have power over...