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Revelation 11:9

in Revelation 11

For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

KJV

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.

This verse in Revelation 11

Commentary

12 notes on this verse

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE, 11:9-10 · Written before 614.

Those Jews and Gentiles, who once were overpowered by the false wonders of the antichrist and who had indelibly engrafted that abominable name upon their hearts, prohibited the holy bodies from being buried, and they rejoiced because they were free from the torments that [the …

This site's exposition

will view their bodies

on Revelation 11:9-10

For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and refuse them a tomb. Those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and send one another gifts, glad that the prophets who had tormented them are silenced.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Ticonius

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:9-10 · Written before 390.

proposed

Since they do not allow their bodies to be gathered in a suitable place, they prevent a day for their memory to be indicated by a sacred celebration of the living.… It is no wonder that the earthly minded rejoice over the deaths of the …

A commentator

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:9 · Written before 560.

proposed

The intentions are expressed by which the impious strive to remove the church of Christ from the world, as the psalmist says, "Let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" And although they are unable to fulfill their desire, yet they make their evil …

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

And seeing that those deceived by the Antichrist from every tribe witness the destruction of the martyrs, they will rejoice over them as if their king has been victorious.

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Alcuin of York

COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · Written before 804.

proposed

And they of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres. Just as graves protect bodies from human eyes, so do quiet times …

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

And those from the peoples and tribes, etc. He did not say: The peoples and tribes will see, but many from the peoples, who, while others believe, openly mock the saints.
5 more voices on this verse

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

And they will not allow their bodies to be laid in tombs. He spoke of their intention and opposition. Not that they are able to prevent the Church from being remembered. As: Neither do you enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, and nations,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

And they of the people - Some of the people; a part of the people - ἐκ τῶν λαῶν ek tōn laōn. The language is such as would be employed to describe a scene where a considerable portion of a company of people should be referred to, without intending to include all. The essential idea is, that there would be an assemblage of different classes of people to whom their carcasses would be exposed, and that they would come and look upon them.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

they--rather, "(some) of the peoples." people--Greek, "peoples." kindreds--Greek, "tribes"; all save the elect (whence it is not said, The peoples . . . but [some] of the peoples . . . , or, some of the peoples . . . may refer to those of the nations . . ., who at the time shall hold possession of Palestine and Jerusalem). shall see--So Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves - They shall be treated with the greatest barbarity. Refusal of burial to the dead was allowed to be the sum of brutality and cruelty. In popish lands they will not suffer a Protestant to have Christian burial, or to have a grave in a churchyard! Contemptible wretches!

The words behind it

27 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 11:11

    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 2:7

      Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

    • Romans 8:11

      And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His…

    • Romans 8:2

      For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

    • Ezekiel 37:5–14

      This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

  • Through

    Revelation 10:11

    And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 37:4

      And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

  • Through

    Revelation 17:15

    Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 17:1

      Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

    • Isaiah 8:7–8

      the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

    • Jeremiah 51:55

      For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

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About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
This page draws on 12 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE, 11:9-10; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation; Primasius of Hadrumetum, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:9 and Ticonius, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:9-10.