And there (1) was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and (2) measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (1) The authority of the intended revelation being declared, together with the necessity of that calling which was particularly impos... [ Continue Reading ]
(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. (3) As if he should say, it is not your place to judge those who are outside, (1 Corinthians 5:12) wh... [ Continue Reading ]
And (6) I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall (7) prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (6) I would rather translate it "illud" than "illam" the temple than the city: for God says, I will give that temple, and commit it to my two witnesses,... [ Continue Reading ]
These (8) are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. (8) That is, the ordinary and perpetual instruments of spiritual grace, peace and light in my Church, which God by his only power preserved in this Temple. See (Zechariah 4:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) 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. (9) The power and surety of the holy ministry, which is truly evangelical, is declared both in earth and in heaven, protecting the admi... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And when they shall have (c) finished their testimony, (11) the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall (12) overcome them, and kill them. (10) That is, when they have spent those 1260 years mentioned in (Revelation 11:2) in publishing their testim... [ Continue Reading ]
And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the (13) street of the great city, which (d) spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, (14) where also our Lord was crucified. (13) That is, openly at Rome: where at that time was a most great crowd of people, the year of Jubile being then first ordained by Boniface... [ Continue Reading ]
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies (15) three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. (15) That is, for three years and a half: for so many years Boniface lived after his Jubile, as Bergomensis witnesses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that dwell upon the earth (16) shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets (17) tormented them that dwelt on the earth. (16) So much the more shall they by this occasion exercise the hilarity of their Jubile. (17) The gospel of... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) And after (19) three days and an half (20) the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they (21) stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. (18) The third passage, as noted before, is of the rising again of the prophets from the dead, and their carrying up into... [ Continue Reading ]
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, (22) Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; (23) and their enemies beheld them. (22) They were called by God into heaven, and taken out of this wicked world, into the heavenly Church, which also lies hidden here in the e... [ Continue Reading ]
(24) And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, (25) and (e) gave glory to the God of heaven. (24) Bergomensis said, in 1301, "This year a blazing star foretelling grea... [ Continue Reading ]
(26) The second woe is past; [and], behold, the third woe cometh quickly. (26) He passes to the second history, which is the second part of this chapter. John calls these the second and third woe, see (Revelation 9:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
(27) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, (28) The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (27) Of whose sounding the trumpet Christ expressly foretold in (Revelation 10:7) and th... [ Continue Reading ]
(29) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, (29) As before in (Revelation 7:11). This giving of thanks is altogether of the same content with the words going before.... [ Continue Reading ]
(30) And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (30)... [ Continue Reading ]
And the temple of God was (31) opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (31) This is the confirmation of the next prophecy before going by signs exhibited in heaven, and th... [ Continue Reading ]