11:1. 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.

                Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told: Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there:

2 Sam. 8:2;

2 Kings 21:13-15;

1 Chron. 21:28; 22:1;

Job 38:5;

Isaiah 28:17; 34:11b NIV; 40:12;

Jer. 31:37-9; 50:39-40;

Lam. 2:8;

Ezek. chapters 40-41; 43:1-12;

Amos 7:7-17;

Hab. 3:6;

Zech. 1:16; 2:1-5; 4:7-10;

Revelation 21:15, 17;

11:2. 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 do not measure the court outside the temple:  Ezek. 40:17, 27.            

                Leave that out, for it is given over to the nations,

                And they will trample (tread) over the holy city:

Isaiah 1:12; 14:19; 26:5, 6; 63:18;

Jer. 12:10;

Zech. 12:3;

Luke 21:24

                for forty-two months:

                (See also verse 3 below: “One thousand two hundred and sixty days”)

11:3. And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

                And I will give my two witnesses power to prophesy:

Deut. 19:15;

Isaiah 43:10-12; 44:8;

Ezek. 40:44-46;

1 John 5:8;

Revelation 19:10;

                For one thousand two hundred and sixty days,               (See verse 2 above: “Forty-two months“)

Exod. 29:42;

Daniel 8:11-14; 9:27; 11:31; 12:11-12;

James 5:17;

Revelation 12:6, 14; 13:5;

                Clothed in sackcloth:

11:4. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

                These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the whole earth:

Psalm 52:8;

Jer. 11:16;

Lam. 4:20;

Zech. 4:2-14 with 6:12-15, [“two anointed ones” to build the Temple = Zerubbabel and Jesus, or “two anointings: the Kingship and the Priesthood.]

Matt. 11:11-14;

11:5. 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.

                And if anyone should harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes:

2 Kings 1:10;

Jer.5:14.

                If anyone should harm them, thus he is doomed to be killed:  Num. 16:29.

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.

                They have power to shut the sky that no rain should fall during the days of their prophesying:

Exod. 7:17, 19;

1 Kings 17:1.

                And they have power over the waters to turn them into blood:

                And to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire:

11:7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

                And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit:

Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 13:1, 7; 17:8; 20:1, 3.                         

                Will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them: Daniel 7:3, 7, 21; 11:33-35; 12:17.            

11:8. And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

                And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt:  (WS ‘Egypt)

                (“Great City” see 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:10, 16, 19, 21; 21:10.)  (WS ‘Spiritually/allegorically’)  See also Article “Babylon / Jerusalem“

Like Sodom:

Deut. 29:21-23; 32:32;

Isaiah 1:9-10; 3:9; 13:19;

Jer. 23:14; 50:40;

Lam. 4:6;

Ezek. 16:46-57; 22:17-22;      Matt. 10:15; 11:24;

Jude 7

Like Egypt:

Exod. 1:13-14, 22;

Joel 3:19;

Luke 13:34.

                Where their Lord was crucified:

Matt. 23:37-8; = Luke 13:34-5;

Matt. 27:31-53; = Mark 20-37; = Luke 23:13-46;

 John 19:14-20;

Heb. 13:12-14;

11:9. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

                For three days and a half:

Revelation 11:11.                                                                   

                Men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb:

11:10. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

                And those who dwell on the earth/land:

Revelation 3:10.                                                                     

                Will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents:

Esther 9:19, 22.                                                                       

                Because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth:

11:11. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

                But after three and a half days a breath/Spirit of life from God entered them and they stood upon their feet:

(WS 11:11 ‘Breath’ and ‘Life’.  Contrast: Breath/mouth of Image, 13:5.)

Revelation 13:15.

Revelation 2:7, 10; 3:5; 11:11; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:6, 27; 22:1, 2, 14, 17;

Revelation 8:9; 12:11.

Gen. 2:7;

Ezek. 37:5, 9, 10, 14;

John 4:24; 5:21, 24; 6:63; 11:25; 14:6; 20:22;

Rom. 4:17; 6:4; 8:2-11; 11:15;

1 Cor. 15: 35-50;

2 Cor. 3:6; 5:4;

Gal. 5:25;

Eph. 2:1, 5, 22; 3:5;

Colossians 2:13;

James 2:26;

1 Peter 3:18; 4:6;

1 John 5:12; 3:14;

                And great fear fell on those who saw them.

11:12. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

                Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up hither!”

                And in the sight of their foes they went up to heaven in a cloud:

2 Kings 2:11;

Acts 1:9;

1 Thess. 4:17;

11:13. 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, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

                And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell:  Isaiah 25:3; 29:6.            

                Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.:

11:14. The second woe is past; [and], behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

                The second woe is passed; behold the third woe is soon to come: Revelation 8:13; 9:12; 15:1-7.

11:15. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

                Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet:

Isaiah 27:12-13;

Ezek. 13:11-16.

Obad. 1:21;

Matt. 28:18;

Luke 1:33;

John 19:30;

Revelation 10:7; 16:17;

                And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

Psalms  22:28; 82:8;

Jer. 33:17-26;

Daniel 2:44; 7:13-14, 18, 22, 27;

Micah 4:7;

Zech. 14:9;

Matt. 3:1-3; 10:1, 23; 23:34; 28:18-20;

Luke 10:22; 11:20;

John 3:35; 12:31; 16:11; 17:2;

Eph. 2:1-2;

Phil. 2:9-10;

1 Tim. 1:17;

1 Peter 3:22;

Revelation 12:10-12; 19:1-6.

11:16. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

                And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God:  Revelation 4:4; 5:8.

11:17. Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

                Saying, “We give thanks to thee, Lord God Almighty, who are and who wast:  Revelation 19:6.

                That thou has taken thy great power and begun to reign.

11:18. 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.

                And the nations raged:  Psalm 2:1-2.               

                But thy wrath came   Lam. 4:11;Revelation 6:17.

                and the time for the dead to be judged:  Daniel 7:9-10.  

                For rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints,:

Luke 21:28;

1 Cor. 11:32;

Heb. 6:10;

                And those who fear thy name, both small and great:

 Revelation 19:5.  

                And for destroying the destroyers of the earth/land.”

11:19. And the temple of God was 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.

                Then God’s temple in heaven was opened.

Heb. 8:1-5; 9:1-5, 23-24; 10:9;

Revelation 15:5, 8;

                and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple;

1 Kings 8:1-6;

Heb. 10:19-22.

                And there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail:  (See “Lightning” 4:5).