Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 11:12
And I heard a great voice — Designed for all to hear. And they went up to heaven, and their enemies beheld them — who had not taken notice of their rising again; by which some had been convinced before.
And I heard a great voice — Designed for all to hear. And they went up to heaven, and their enemies beheld them — who had not taken notice of their rising again; by which some had been convinced before.
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Verse Revelation 11:12. _THEY ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN_] Enjoyed a state of great peace and happiness....
AND THEY HEARD A GREAT VOICE FROM HEAVEN - Some manuscripts read, “I heard” - ἤκουσα ēkousa - but the more approved reading is that of the common text. John says that a voice was addressed to them...
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 TRIUMPH OF THE WITNESSES. After three days and. half the witnesses came to life. This implies that they regain their power and influence. The French "Convention," which inaugurated the Reign of Te...
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...
TO HEAVEN. into (Greek. _eis)_ the heaven (See Revelation 3:12). A. the cloud. See Acts 1:9. BEHELD. Same as "saw", Revelation 11:11....
_they heard_ Probably not the two prophets only, but "they that beheld them." _in a cloud_ Should be "in THE cloud" the same, perhaps, that received their Lord out of His Disciples" sight. Any way, ...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
ἬΚΟΥΣΑΝ. אCB2 and early editions of Tischendorf read ἤκουσα. 12. ἬΚΟΥΣΑΝ. Possibly not the two prophets only, but “they that beheld them.” ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ΝΕΦΈΛΗΙ. “In _the_ cloud”—the same. perhaps, that r...
Revelation 11:1-13. THE MEASURING ANGEL AND THE TWO WITNESSES...
_THE TWO WITNESSES ARE SLAIN AND ARISE AGAIN REVELATION 11:7-13:_ During the miraculous age of the church the gospel was preached with great success. (Acts 12:24) This time was followed by a period wh...
ΉΚΟΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΛΕΓΟΎΣΗΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΆΝΆΒΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подниматься, восходить, ΆΝΈΒΗΣΑΝ _aor....
WHEN THEY SHALL HAVE FINISHED, &C.— Or, _When they shall be about to finish their testimony, the wild beast that ascendeth out of the abyss,_ &c. After the description of the _witnesses,_ their power...
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...
_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...
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. THEY. So 'Aleph (') A C, Vulgate; but B, Coptic...
__ Throne Section-The Two Witnesses 4 The two olive trees remind us of Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel (Zech. 3-4), who witnessed for Jehovah in a former apostasy. The ministry of the two witn...
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...
A GREAT VOICE] i.e. God's: cp. 2 Kings 2:11....
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 THEY HEARD... — Translate, _And they heard_ (or, _I heard;_ the MS. authority is divided, though the balance inclines to the first) _a great voice out of the heaven saying to them. Come up hither....
(3-14) THE TWO WITNESSES. — It is the opinion of one able and pre-eminently painstaking commentator that “no solution has ever been given of this portion of the prophecy.” I quote this that none may b...
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:...
After being resuscitated, they ascend in a cloud (like Enoch and Jesus) before the eyes of their enemies (unlike Jesus)....
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...
God's calling of the faithful into heaven will happen at Christ's second coming and immediately before the end of the world. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:23-24) The faithless persecutors...
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,...
(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. (8) And their dead bodies...
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 THEY HEARD A GREAT VOICE FROM HEAVEN,.... The Complutensian edition reads, "I heard", i.e. "John"; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions; but the copies in general read "they"; not the enemies, bu...
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. Ver. 12. _To heaven in a cloud_] As Christ did. _S...
_When they shall have finished their testimony_, &c. After the description of the power and office of the witnesses, follows a prediction of those things which shall befall them at the latter end of t...
ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN IN A CLOUD; indicating the honor God bestowed upon them, and the special favor with which he treated them. The children of God, in bearing testimony for him, will live till their...
The passing of the second woe:...
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....
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...
_ 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them._ A. The triumphant church is invited to come to heaven...
3-13 In the time of treading down, God kept his faithful witnesses to attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellence of his ways, The number of these witnesses is small, yet enough. The...
AND THEY, that is, the two witnesses, so often before spoken of, HEARD A GREAT VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING UNTO THEM, COME UP HITHER; heard God by a singular providence calling them again to their former...
Revelation 11:12 And G2532 heard G191 (G5656) loud G3173 voice G5456 from G1537 heaven G3772 saying G3004 ...
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 after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them, and they heard a great voice from Heaven sa...
Revelation 11:12. Nor that alone. They hear a voice summoning them to ascend into heaven in the presence of the same beholders, and they obey. THEY WENT UP INTO HEAVEN IN THE CLOUD, not in the clouds,...
SAYING (λεγουσης). Present active predicate participle of λεγω, feminine genitive agreeing with φωνης, though some MSS. have the accusative φωνην λεγουσαν, either construction being proper after ηκο...
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...
AFTER THREE AND A HALF DAYS. The two witnesses [the Church Militant] is "dead" only a short time. The world is happy too soon! God sends a life-giving breath, and they stand up! The wicked are terribl...
_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...
_A great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither._ THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN I. We shall regard it, first, As a summons sent at the appointed hour to every saint. When the time shall come, fi...
_I will give power unto My two witnesses._ THE PREACHER A WITNESS AND A PROPHET 1. The prophecy under consideration gives us an undeniable evidence of the Divinity and truth of the gospel. 2. The p...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:11 THEY STOOD UP ON THEIR FEET.... THEY WENT UP TO HEAVEN IN A CLOUD. The two witnesses (v. Revelation 11:3) may symb
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:3 Scripture requires two witnesses to confirm testimony (Deuteronomy 19:15;...
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....
This is a passage that has puzzled many. Two witnesses prophesy 1260 days, the same forty-two months or three and a half years. They have great power to stay the rain, and turn water to blood, and smi...
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...
_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_. I am sure the two prophets could have dealt w...
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 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings
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...