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Revelation 11:2

But omit the outer courts. Symbolic of the "nominal Christian," who is an unfaithful church member, but not really one of Christ's people. John sees earthly Jerusalem and the earthly temple. The outer courts have been given to the heathen (unbelievers). 42 months. 42 months = 1,260 days = 3? years [time, times, and half a time] = the entire Gospel Age, from Pentecost to the Second Coming. This period of time is symbolic of God's church being persecuted, yet not destroyed, Compare James 5:17: Revelation 11:6; 1 Kings 17:1 to 1 Kings 18:10.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    REVELATION 11:2 e;xwqen (1) {A} The reading e;xwqen is to be preferred on both external and internal grounds: (a) it is strongly supported by î47 A P 046 1006 1611 1854 2053 itar vg syrh copsa, bo ar...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Revelation 11:2. _BUT THE COURT-IS GIVEN UNTO THE GENTILES_] The measuring of the temple probably refers to its approaching _destruction_, and the _termination_ of the whole _Levitical service_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE - Which is outside of the temple proper, and, therefore, which does not strictly pertain to it. There is undoubtedly reference here to the “court of the Genti...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE MEASUREMENT OF THE CHURCH. "And there was given me. reed like unto. rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the co...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WITHOUT, OUT. Greek. _exothen,_ meaning outside. LEAVE. east out. Greek. _ekballo,_. strong term. IS. was. GENTILES. Greek. _ethnos._ Occurs twenty-three times in Rev., invariably translated "natio...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the court which is without the temple_ The words might be translated "the outer court of the Temple." It must be remembered that "the courts of the Lord's House" were the ordinary place for the worsh...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE COMMAND TO MEASURE THE TEMPLE REVELATION 11:1-2:_ John was given a reed to measure: (1) the Temple of God, (2) the altar, and (3) the worshippers. He was not to measure the outer court. These are...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΑΎΛΉ (G833) двор, ΈΞΩΘΕΝ (G1855) внешний. Внешний двор Иерусалимского храма назывался Двором язычников (Ford; JTJ, 23-24). ΈΚΒΑΛΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ (G1544) выбрасывать, исключать. Здесь...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. BUT - `And.' THE COU...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ Throne Section-The Seven Thunders 1 The symbol of the rainbow suggests the covenant of God with creation. 2 The planting of the messenger's feet on the sea and on the land is a token of possessio...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OUT] RV 'without.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT THE COURT... — Translate, _And the court which is outside the Temple cast out, and measure not it; because it was given to the nations_ (Gentiles): _and they shall tread down the holy city forty a...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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:...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    “And I was given a rod (קְנֵה הַמִּדָּה) like a staff, with the words” (λέγων by a harsh attraction, _cf._ LXX of 1 Kings 20:9; Joshua 2:2, is left in apposition to the subject implied in ἐδόθη), “Up...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The Gentiles would here represent those outside of the church. The marginal reading in the King James is "Cast out," instead of "leave out." This may suggest that some who might be thought of as part...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (3) But the (a) court which is without the temple (b) leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the (4) Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot (5) forty [and] two months. ...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The holy city they shall tread under foot forty-two months. [1] That is, Gentiles and Jews shall be permitted to persecute the Church and the faithful servants of God; but only for a short time, expre...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (2) But the court which is without th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE LEAVE OUT, AND MEASURE IT NOT,.... The allusion is to the court of the Israelites, where was the great crowd and company of worshippers, even the national chu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty _and_ two months. Ver. 2. _But the cour...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And there was given me_ By Christ, as appears from Revelation 11:3; _a reed_ As there was shown to Ezekiel, whose vision bore a great resemblance to this, Eze 40:-43. _And the angel_ Which had spoken...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    FORTY AND TWO MONTHS; the period of the duration of the beast that rises out of the sea, chapter Revelation 13:5, where see the notes. The time of the trampling under foot of the holy city, and that o...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE LEAVE OUT AND MEASURE IT NOT, FOR IT IS GIVEN UNTO THE GENTILES; AND THE HOLY CITY SHALL THEY TREAD UNDER FOOT FORTY AND TWO MONTHS....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE TWO WITNESSES AND THE SOUNDING OF THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. Measuring the temple of God:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    _ 2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months._ A. John is no...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    LEAVE OUT: _ Gr._ cast out...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1,2 This prophetical passage about measuring the temple seems to refer to Ezekiel's vision. The design of this measuring seems to be the preservation of the church in times of public danger; or for i...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    There is no great doubt, but the same persons are here to be understood by THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE, (that is, without the inward court), AND THE HOLY CITY; and by them, both the generali...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Revelation 11:2 But G2532 leave G1544 (G5628) out G1854 court G833 which G3588 outside G1855 G2081 temple...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And there was given to me a reed like a rod with one saying, “Rise, and measure the sanctuary (naos) of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. And the court which is outside the sanctuary l...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Revelation 11:2. While it shall be thus with the innermost part of the temple-buildings it shall be otherwise with the rest. THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE includes every part of the precincts...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THE COURT (την αυλην). The uncovered yard outside the house. There were usually two, one between the door and the street, the outer court, the other the inner court surrounded by the buildings (Mark...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TREAD See "Times of the Gentiles." (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 21:24). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

    John is told that he need not measure the court which is without the temple for it is given to the Gentiles; and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months. Here is so plainly the dest...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    CHAPTER 11 - TWO PROPHETS FOR 1260 DAYS Revelation Chapter s 11 through 14 are an amplification of the detail (more information) about the prophecy given in the previous Chapter s. Chapter 11 tells u...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; Daniel 12:11;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    The court which is without the temple. Not merely the outer court, or Court of the Gentiles, but including all that is not within the naov, the Holy and Most Holy places. Leave out [ε κ β α λ ε ε ξ ω]...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But the court which is without the temple — The old temple had a court in the open air, for the heathens who worshipped the God of Israel. Cast out — Of thy account. And measure it not — As not being...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, What St. John is forbidden to measure, and commanded to leave out, as no part of the true church, namely, THE COURT WHICH IS WITHOUT THE TEMPLE; that is, that part of the visible church...

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