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Revelation 11:3

Revelation 11:3
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I will give power unto my two witnesses,.... By whom are meant, not Enoch and Elias, as some of the ancient fathers thought, who, they supposed, would come before the appearance of Christ, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And I will give power unto my two witnesses - In respect to this important passage Rev 11:3-13 I propose to pursue the same method which I have pursued all along in this exposition: first, to examine…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

My two witnesses - This is extremely obscure; the conjectures of interpreters are as unsatisfactory as they are endless on this point. Conjecturas conjecturis superstruunt, parum verosimiles, says…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 11:3-13

In this time of treading down, God has reserved to himself his faithful witnesses, who will not fail to attest the truth of his word and worship, and the excellency of his ways. Here observe,

I. The…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And I will give power Better, as in the margin, "I will give to My two Witnesses that they may prophesy" the Hebrew idiom being literally reproduced.

my two witnesses The traditional view of these,…