John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 11:9
9 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. Ver. 9. Three days and a half ] i.e. For a short time, till out of their ashes others should arise to stickle for Christ. The pope never rested, but had one or other faithful witness to oppose him; either to his face (as Joannes Sarisburiensis, Qui praesens praesentem Pontificem redarguit; and Mancinellus, who reproved... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 11:8
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Ver. 8. And their dead bodies ] This shows it cannot be meant as a natural death; for how should their bodies lie dead (in that sense) for three years and a half, or (say as it were) for a shorter time? Of the great city ] Rome, of whose greatness Lipsius and Stapleton have written. See Revelation 17:18 ; Revelation 18:2-6 . Hence she is called... read more