Revelation 11:1-2 KJV,ASV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 11:2

(2) But the court . . .—Translate, And the court which is outside the Temple cast out, and measure not it; because it was given to the nations (Gentiles): and they shall tread down the holy city forty and two months. The outer court—meaning, perhaps, all that lies outside the Temple itself—is to be omitted. A strong word is used; the words “leave out” are far too weak. He is not only not to measure it, but he is, in a sort, to pass it over, as though reckoned profane. The reason of this is that... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 11:1-19

Revelation 11:7 Lord, I read of the two witnesses, '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'. They could not be killed whilst they were doing, but when they had done their work; during their employment they were invincible. No better armour against the darts of death than to be busied in Thy service. Thomas Fuller. The City: Its Sin and Saviour Revelation 11:8 The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

CHAPTER VIII.SECOND CONSOLATORY VISION AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET.Revelation 11:1-19.FROM the first consolatory vision we proceed to the second: -"And there was given unto 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. And the court which is without the temple cast without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months (Revelation 11:1-2)."... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 11:1-18

CHAPTER 11:1-18 Revelation 11:1-2 . 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 are Jewish; the holy city is Jerusalem. After the Church has left the earth the Jewish people will be fully restored to their own land, and their land restored to them. They will possess Jerusalem once more. When the Jews are once more masters in their own promised land they will erect another... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:1

11:1 And there {1} was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and {2} measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.(1) The authority of the intended revelation being declared, together with the necessity of that calling which was particularly imposed on John after which follows the history of the estate of Christ his Church, both conflicting or warring, and overcoming in Christ. For the true Church of Christ is said to fight against that... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:2

11:2 {3} But the {a} court which is without the temple {b} leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the {4} Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot {5} forty [and] two months.(3) As if he should say, it is not your place to judge those who are outside, 1 Corinthians 5:12 who are innumerable: look to those of the household only, or to the house of the living God.(a) He speaks of the outer court, which was called the peoples court, because all men might come into... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

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 of Daniel's seventieth week. Revelation 11:1 to Revelation 13:18 therefore deals with conditions in the last half of this seven year period, designated in scripture as "the Great Tribulation." John is given a reed like a rod and told by the Angel (the Lord) to measure the temple, the altar and... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

THE SEVEN TRUMPETS We have here another illustration of the law of recurrence, for in these chapters we are going over the ground of the last, though certain features are being added which were not then revealed. In other words, it is still the Tribulation Period. INTRODUCTION (Revelation 8:2-5 ) In the previous lesson the Introduction included the vision of “The Throne, the Lamb and the Book,” while here it is the revelation of the angel and the incense. There is no satisfactory... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1

CONTENTS John, at the Command of the Angel, measureth the Temple. The Lord speaks of his two Witnesses: their Power. Their Death, Resurrection, and Ascension. The seventh Angel soundeth his Trumpet. The great Events which follow. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1-2

(1) And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (2) But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. The beloved Apostle is here employed by the Lord, to measure the temple of God, and the Altar, and them that worship therein. This latter clause of the... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 11:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 11:1-19

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 11:1-18

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:1

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 11:2

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 11:1-19

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 11:1-19

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 11:1-2

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