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Revelation 11:17

O Lord God

(Κυριε ο θεος). Vocative form κυριε and nominative form ο θεος (vocative in use). See Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8 for this combination with ο παντοκρατωρ (the Almighty). For ο ων κα ο ην (which art and which wast) see Revelation 1:4; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 16:5.Thou hast taken

(ειληφες). Perfect active indicative of λαμβανω, emphasizing the permanence of God's rule, "Thou hast assumed thy power."Didst reign

(εβασιλευσας). Ingressive first aorist active indicative of βασιλευω, "Didst begin to reign." See this combination of tenses (perfect and aorist) without confusion in Revelation 3:3; Revelation 5:7; Revelation 8:5.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    REVELATION 11:17 o[ti {B} The reading o[ti, in the view of a majority of the Committee, is to be preferred because of superior external evidence (ac A P 046 1 1611 1854 2053 itgig, h vg syrph, h cops...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Revelation 11:17. _O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHICH ART_] This gives a proper view of God in his eternity; all _times_ are here comprehended, the _present_, the _past_, and the _future_. This is the i...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SAYING, WE GIVE THEE THANKS - We, as the representatives of the church, and as identified in our feelings with it (see the notes on Revelation 4:4), acknowledge thy goodness in tires delivering the ch...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SEVENTH TRUMPET AND THE THIRD WOE. The story which was broken off at Revelation 9:21 is now resumed. The seventh trumpet heralds the approach of the Kingdom of Christ. Revelation 11:15. great voic...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks,. Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALMIGHTY. the Almighty. See Revelation 1:8. AND... COME. The texts omit. Now, here, He _h_ as come. See Revelation 1:4. TO THEE. Omit. POWER. App-172.1; Rev 176:1. HAST REIGNED. reignedst....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Lord God Almighty_ See on Revelation 1:8. _which art, and wast_ Omit _and art to come_, as in Revelation 16:5. It is not, however, likely that any importance is to be attached to the omission of the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thou hast taken … thy wrath is come_ It is hypercritical in the N. T., and in this book particularly, to attempt to distinguish regularly between perfects and simple preterites: but here it is perhap...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ὌΤΙ ΕἼΛΗΦΑΣ. Tisch[387] reads καὶ ὅτι εἴλ. with א* C fuld. [387] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. 17. ΚΎΡΙΕ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ Ὁ ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΆΤΩΡ. See on Revelation...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    17, 18. ΕἽΛΗΦΑΣ … ἯΛΘΕΝ Ἡ ὈΡΓΉ ΣΟΥ. It is hypercritical in the N.T., and in this book particularly, to attempt to distinguish regularly between perfects and simple preterites: but here it is perhaps w...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΎΜΈΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить, славить (BAGD). ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΆΤΩΡ (G3841) всемогущий (_см._ Revelation 1:8). ών _...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED, &C.— At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the _third woe_ commences; which is rather implied than expressed, as it will be described more fully hereafter. The third woe b...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THANKS - for the answer to our prayers (Re...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ 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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:17 was, (g-14) Note the omission of 'who is to come' here, as bearing on the force of that expression. see ch. 1.4....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND WAST, AND ART TO COME] RV 'and which wast.' TO THEE] RV omits. HAST REIGNED] RV 'didst reign.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE CHORUS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD. (17) SAYING, WE GIVE THEE THANKS... — Better, “We thank Thee, O Lord, The God, the Almighty, He that is, and He that was, Because Thou hast taken Thy great power and...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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:...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ὁ ἐρχόμενος is naturally omitted from this paean; God has already come! The variation of order in Revelation 1:4 and Revelation 1:8 has no occult significance. The phrase _Lord God_ is considered by P...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER” Revelation 11:14; Revelation 12:1 The kingdom is even now Christ's, but it is hidden, even as He is. One day it will be manifested. For a long time David was the an...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The 24 elders join in the worship of Christ as the Almighty one who has reigned....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-19 Before the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet, there is the usual demand of attention. The saints and angels in heaven know the right of our God and Saviour to rule over all the world. Bu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Revelation 11:17 saying G3004 (G5723) give G2168 You G4671 thanks G2168 (G5719) Lord G2962 God G2316 Almigh

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    _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 EV...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Daniel 2:23;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    O Lord God, etc. See on ch. Revelation 4:8. And art to come. Omit. Hast taken to Thee. Omit to thee....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Almighty — He who hath all things in his power as the only Governor of them. Who is, and who was — God is frequently styled, "He who is, and who was, and who is to come." but now he is actually co...

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