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Revelation 11:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months. "
Revelation 11:2
Verse in Context
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1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
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Revelation 11:1
"A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it."
Revelation 11:3
"I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”"
Revelation 11:4
"These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth."
Revelation 11:5
"If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way."
Revelation 11:6
"These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire."
Revelation 11:7
"When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them."
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