Revelation 11:1
THE ANGEL STOOD, SAYING] RV 'one said.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANGEL STOOD, SAYING] RV 'one said.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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 were two episodical visions after the sixth seal (see on Revelation 7), the first signifying that Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT] RV 'without.'... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy'—a Hebraism for 'cause them to prophesy.' 5F. Cp. Exodus 7:19; 1 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 1:10; Luke 4:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL.. WILL] RV 'desireth to.. shall desire to.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTOMLESS PIT] RV 'abyss': see on Revelation 9:2. Cp. Daniel 7:3; Daniel 7:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUR] RV 'their.' 9. RV 'And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies.. and suffer not,' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY.. EARTH] i.e. the ungodly.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT] RV 'the breath': cp. Ezekiel 37:5; Ezekiel 37:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT VOICE] i.e. God's: cp. 2 Kings 2:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTHQUAKE] see on Revelation 6:12. 15-19. The seventh trumpet sounds. This will bring about the consummation (cp. Revelation 10:7), and therefore the rest of the book is developed out of it. Instead of a silence in heaven, such as that which followed the opening of the seventh seal, St. John hears... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD] RV 'kingdom of the world': cp. Psalms 2:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEATS] RV 'thrones.'... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WAST, AND ART TO COME] RV 'and which wast.' TO THEE] RV omits. HAST REIGNED] RV 'didst reign.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGRY] RV 'wroth.' IS COME] RV 'came.'... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTAMENT] RV 'covenant.'... [ Continue Reading ]