Revelation 11:1-13
Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΈΛΩΝ. א* reads λἐγει. Text. Rec[370] reads καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος εἱστήκει λέγων with 36; אcc* καὶ ἑστ. ὁ ἄγγ. λέγων, and B2 καὶ ἱστ. ὁ ἄγγ. λέγων. [370] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 1. ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ. Ezekiel 40:3; Zechariah 2:1 (σχοινίον γεωμετρικόν). ὌΜΟΙΟΣ ῬΆΒΔΩΙ, i.e. a walking-staff: prob... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῊΝ ΑΥ̓ΛῊΝ ΤῊΝ ἜΞΩΘΕΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΝΑΟΥ͂. א* reads τῆς αὐλῆς τῆς ἔσωθεν τοῦ λαοῦ, אc τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν … ναοῦ. ἜΚΒΑΛΕ ἜΞΩΘΕΝ. Text. Rec[371] reads ἔκβ. ἔξω with B2; א* reads ἔκβ. ἔσω, P ἔκβ. ἔσωθεν. [371] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἘΔΌΘΗ. א* reads ἐδ. καί. 2. ΤῊΝ ΑΥ̓ΛῊΝ ΤῊΝ ἜΞΩΘΕΝ. The wo... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΕΡΙΒΕΒΛΗΜἘΝΟΙ with אcC 1. Lach[372] and W. H[373] read περιβεβλημένους with א* AB2P. [372] Lachmann’s larger edition. [373] H. Westcott aud Hort. 3. ΚΑῚ ΔΏΣΩ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΔΥΣῚΝ ΜΆΡΤΥΣΊΝ ΜΟΥ, ΚΑῚ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΎΣΟΥΣΙΝ. A literal reproduction of Hebrew idiom. The traditional view of the two Witnesses, dating fro... [ Continue Reading ]
ἙΣΤΩ͂ΤΕΣ. Text. Rec[374] reads ἑστῶσαι with אccP 1. [374] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 4. ΑἹ ΔΎΟ ἘΛΑΙ͂ΑΙ ΚΑῚ ΑἹ ΔΎΟ ΛΥΧΝΊΑΙ. As in Zechariah 4. the two olive trees or the two Anointed Ones supply the bowl of _one_ golden candlestick with oil, it may be a question whether the refere... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟὝΤΩΣ. A omits. 5. ΠΥ͂Ρ ἘΚΠΟΡΕΎΕΤΑΙ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΤΌΜΑΤΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. Jeremiah 5:14 is a precedent for this image; 2 Kings 1:10, &c. for the sense. ΕἽ ΤΙΣ ΘΕΛΉΣΗΙ. The irregularity, so far as there is one, is due to a common tendency of all Greek not consciously moulded on the early classics to use the co... [ Continue Reading ]
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 5:17)? The term was no doubt arrived at by adding the dry interval between the spring and autumn rai... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸ ΘΗΡΊΟΝ. A adds τὸ τέταρτον. 7. ΤῸ ΘΗΡΊΟΝ. Here first mentioned: probably that which appears in Revelation 13:1, not in Revelation 13:11 : though neither of them makes his appearance immediately “out of the bottomless pit”: see, however, Revelation 17:8. But perhaps it is worth noticing that “the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸ ΠΤΩ͂ΜΑ. Text. Rec[375] reads τὰ πτώματα with אP 1. [375] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. א* omits αὐτῶν, 1 and Text. Rec[376] substitute ἡμῶν. [376] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 8. ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΛΑΤΕΊΑΣ. For the sing. cf. Revelation 21:21; Revelati... [ Continue Reading ]
ΒΛΈΠΟΥΣΙΝ. The presents in this verse and the next are pretty consistently translated as futures by the Latin, but the later Greek MSS. alter all the presents but the first: while there is a decided balance of authority for πέμψουσιν. If the presents were uniform we might understand them as a sort o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΈΜΨΟΥΣΙΝ. Tisch[377] reads πέμπουσιν with א* P. [377] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. CP 1 omit ἐν, C reads εἱῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῖς. 11. ΜΕΤᾺ ΤᾺΣ ΤΡΕΙ͂Σ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΚΑῚ ἭΜΙΣΥ. The _half_ day lends a certain support to the “year-day” hypothesis—that 3½ years are meant, which might be combined with the theory of St Hippolytus that the time of their testimony corresponds to t... [ Continue Reading ]
ἬΚΟΥΣΑΝ. אCB2 and early editions of Tischendorf read ἤκουσα. 12. ἬΚΟΥΣΑΝ. Possibly not the two prophets only, but “they that beheld them.” ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΝΕΦΈΛΗΙ. “In _the_ cloud”—the same. perhaps, that received their Lord out of His Disciples’ sight. Any way, “the cloud” is regarded as a permanently re... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸ ΔΈΚΑΤΟΝ. B2 reads τὸ τρἱτον as in the other plagues. 13. ΤῸ ΔΈΚΑΤΟΝ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΌΛΕΩΣ. This is the mildest judgement recorded in this book: we are expressly told after the far severer judgements of the Trumpets and the Bowls, that they wrought no repentance but rather blasphemy (Revelation 9:20-21; Re... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ. א reads παρῆλθεν. 14. Ἡ ΟΥ̓ΑῚ Ἡ ΔΕΥΤΈΡΑ�. Having included the profanation of the Holy City and the plagues inflicted by the two prophets, as well as the invasion of the terrible horsemen, chap. 9. Ἡ ΟΥ̓ΑῚ Ἡ ΤΡΊΤΗ. In what does this consist? _Perhaps_ we are to see the answer in Revelatio... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ Ἡ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ. Text. Rec[378] reads ἐγένοντο αἱ βασιλεῖαι with 1 and 7. [378] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ΤΟΥ͂ ΚὉΣΜΟΥ. And[379] Primas[380] and 28 omit. [379] Andreas Archbishop of Caesarea. [380] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ͂ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ. Lach[383] omits οἱ with AB2 1. [383] Lachmann’s larger edition. ΟἻ ΚΆΘΗΝΤΑΙ. Lach[384] and Text. Rec[385] read καθήμενοι with Revelation 1; and Cyp[386] enlarged text, _in conspectu Dei sedentes_. [384] Lachmann’s larger edition. [385] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [38... [ Continue Reading ]
ὌΤΙ ΕἼΛΗΦΑΣ. Tisch[387] reads καὶ ὅτι εἴλ. with א* C fuld. [387] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. 17. ΚΎΡΙΕ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ Ὁ ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΆΤΩΡ. See on Revelation 1:8. Ὁ ὪΝ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ἯΝ. Here and in Revelation 16:5 ὁ ἐρχόμενος is omitted: no reason can be assigned f... [ Continue Reading ]
17, 18. ΕἽΛΗΦΑΣ … ἯΛΘΕΝ Ἡ ὈΡΓΉ ΣΟΥ. It is hypercritical in the N.T., and in this book particularly, to attempt to distinguish regularly between perfects and simple preterites: but here it is perhaps worth observing that all the verbs (after the first) are in the same tense: “Thou hast taken Thy grea... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΙΡΌΣ. C reads κλῆρος. ΚΡΙΘΗ͂ΝΑΙ ΚΑΊ. Primas[388] omits. [388] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΚΑῚ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἉΓ. ΚΑῚ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΦΟΒ. A reads καὶ τοὺς ἁγ. καὶ τοὺς φοβ. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΜΙΚΡΟΙ͂Σ ΚΑῚ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΜΕΓΆΛΟΙΣ. Lach[389] Treg[390] W. H[391] read τοὺς μικροὺς καὶ τοὺς μεγὰλους with א* AC. [389] Lachmann’s lar... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ἘΝ. Text. Rec[392] omits ὁ with אB2. [392] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. οὐρανῷ. א* adds ἄνω. ΤΗ͂Σ ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Primas[393] and cop[394] omit αὐτοῦ; א substitutes τοῦ θεοῦ; B2 τοῦ κυρίου. [393] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [394] Coptic. 19. Ὁ ΝΑῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. See on... [ Continue Reading ]