Revelation 11:3 BSB

Revelation 11:3

And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

BSB

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ASV

And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

A Treatise on the Soul (220)

Enoch no doubt was translated, and so was Elijah; nor did they experience death: it was postponed, (and only postponed, ) most certainly: they are reserved for the suffering of death, that by their blood they may extinguish Antichrist. Even John underwent death, although concerning him there had prevailed an ungrounded expectation that he would remain alive until the coming of the Lord.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will give power--There is no "power" in the Greek, so that "give" must mean "give commission," or some such word. my two witnesses--Greek, "the two witnesses of me." The article implies that the two were well known at least to John. prophesy--preach under the inspiration of the Spirit, denouncing judgments against the apostate.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
δώσω	dōsō	I will grant	G1325 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
δυσὶν	dusin	two	G1417 →
μάρτυσίν	martusin	witnesses	G3144 →
μου,	mou	of mine,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προφητεύσουσιν	prophēteusousin	they will prophesy	G4395 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	days	G2250 →
χιλίας	chilias	a thousand	G5507 →
διακοσίας	diakosias	two hundred	G1250 →
ἑξήκοντα	hexēkonta	sixty	G1835 →
περιβεβλημένοι	peribeblēmenoi	having clothed themselves in	G4016 →
σάκκους.	sakkous	sackcloth.	G4526 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
leads to
- Matthew 28:19
  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
- Mark 16:15
  And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Romans 15:19
  by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Acts 4:33
  With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
- Acts 5:32
  We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
Through
Revelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
leads to
- Daniel 7:25
  He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 12:6
  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 19:15
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
leads to
- Numbers 35:30
  If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a…

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Where the connections lead

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