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Revelation 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.
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.
REVELATION 11:1 r`a,bdw| {A} The unusual construction of evdo,qh moi … le,gwn, calling for adjustment, was relieved in some witnesses (a2 046 1854 2329 2351 _al_), followed by the Textus Receptus, by...
CHAPTER XI. _The command to measure the temple_, 1, 2. _The two witnesses which should prophesy_ twelve hundred and sixty _days_, 3. _The description, power, and influence of these witnesses_, 4-6...
AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME - He does not say by whom, but the connection would seem to imply that it was by the angel. All this is of course to be regarded as symbolical. The representation undoubtedly pe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
REED. Greek. _kalamos._ Elsewhere (in Rev.) Revelation 21:15; Revelation 21:16. See App-88, first note. UNTO. to. ROD. sceptre, as elsewhere in Rev. See Revelation 2:27;...
The Measuring Angel and the Two Witnesses. Chap. 11 Revelation 11:1-13 1. _a reed_ Ezekiel 40:3; Zechariah 2:1. _like unto a rod_ i.e. a walking-staff: probably not as long as the one in Ezek., l.c
Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES...
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. ΚΆΛ...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
_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...
ΈΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ (G2563) трость. Это жезл смотрителя или измерительный прибор, скорее всего, это был стебель тростника, растущего в долине реки Иордан, извест...
_REVELATION 11:1_.— From this to the nineteenth chapter, we have the _third_ and longest _period_ of this prophesy, distinguished by the _seven vials,_ as the former periods were by _seven trumpets,_...
_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...
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...
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. This Revelation 11:1 is a compendious...
__ 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...
11:1 staff, (d-11) Or 'rod.' temple (e-17) _ Naos_ . see ch. 3.12. worship (f-26) See Note h, ch. 3.9....
THE ANGEL STOOD, SAYING] RV 'one said.'...
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...
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...
AND THERE WAS... — Translate, _And there was given to me a reed like a rod_ (we must omit the words “and the angel stood”), _saying._ It is not said by whom the reed was given, nor are we told who spe...
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:...
“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...
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...
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...
John is given a reed which is strong enough to be a rod one might use to measure. He is told to measure the "temple of God." The word used here for temple is not hieron, which describes the buildings...
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...
The apostle is ordered to measure the temple. Two prophets are promised, to teach mankind. They are put to death, and in three days and a half after, they are raised to life, and ascend to heaven. A g...
CONTENTS John, at the Command of the Angel, measureth the Temple. The Lord speaks of his two Witnesses: their Power. Their Death, Resurrection, and Ascension. The seventh Angel soundeth his Trumpet....
(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...
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...
The Interlude Part 2 A bum, obviously under the influence of alcohol, approached evangelist D.L. Moody. "Mr. Moody," he said, "you're the man who saved me." As the great evangelist observed the beard...
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...
AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD,.... A measuring reed, which with the Jews was six cubits long, Ezekiel 40:5; with the Greeks and Romans, ten feet long; the Ethiopic version here calls i...
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. Ver. 1. _A reed_] That is, the word of G...
_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...
The present chapter gives the contents of the little book expressed in two striking emblems, the measuring of God's temple, and the prophesying of the two witnesses. A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD-MEASURE THE...
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...
_ 1 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there._ A. A reed (bamboo rod) is given to John. H...
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...
REVELATION CHAPTER 11 REVELATION 11:1,2 John is commanded to measure the temple, all but the outer court. REVELATION 11:3,4 The two witnesses that shall prophesy, REVELATION 11:5,6 thei
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third And then she again took hold of me by the hand, and raised me, and made me sit on the seat to the left; and lifting up a splendid rod,[7]...
Revelation 11:1 Then G2532 I G3427 given G1325 (G5681) reed G2563 like G3664 rod G4464 And G2532 angel
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...
‘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...
Revelation 11:1. A REED WAS GIVEN to the Seer, it is not said by whom, and we are left to infer, as at chap. Revelation 6:2; Revelation 6:4;...
A REED (καλαμος). Old word for a growing reed (Matthew 11:7) which grew in immense brakes in the Jordan valley, a writer's reed (3 John 1:7), a measuring-rod (here, Revelation 21:15;...
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...
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...
I WAS GIVEN A MEASURING STICK. To "measure" is symbolic of _setting apart, making secure, clearly identifying._ [This is still a vision. The fact that there is no temple in Jerusalem when he writes th...
_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...
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....
John is given a reed and told to measure the temple and altar and worshippers. Why should he measure them? What was meant by this act? In the Old Testament measuring is sometimes associated with destr...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9;...
A rod. See on ch. Revelation 2:27. And the angel stood. Omit. The insertion of these words furnishes a subject for the agreement of the participle legwn, which is irregular an construction. Literally...
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...
Observe here, 1. The command given by God to St. John to take. survey of his church, his spiritual temple, consisting of living stones, and built upon the chief corner stone, Jesus Christ. God's faith...