Revelation:11:7-10

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rwp @Revelation:11:7 @{When they shall have finished } (\hotan teles “sin \). Merely the first aorist active subjunctive of \tele “\ with \hotan \ in an indefinite temporal clause with no _futurum exactum_ (future perfect ), "whenever they finish ." {The beast } (\to th ˆrion \). "The wild beast comes out of the abyss " of strkjv @9:1f |. He reappears in strkjv @13:1 ; strkjv @17:8 |. In strkjv @Daniel:7:3 | \th ˆria \ occurs . Nothing less than antichrist will satisfy the picture here . Some see the abomination of strkjv @Daniel:7:7 ; strkjv @Matthew:24:15 |. Some see Nero _redivivus_ . {He shall make war with them } (\poi ˆsei met ' aut “n polemon \). This same phrase occurs in strkjv @12:17 | about the dragon 's attack on the woman . It is more the picture of single combat (2:16 |). {He shall overcome them } (\nik ˆsei autous \). Future active of \nika “\. The victory of the beast over the two witnesses is certain , as in strkjv @Daniel:7:21 |. {And kill them } (\kai apoktenei \). Future active of \apoktein “\. Without attempting to apply this prophecy to specific individuals or times , one can agree with these words of Swete : "But his words cover in effect all the martyrdoms and massacres of history in which brute force has seemed to triumph over truth and righteousness ." rwp @Revelation:11:8 @{Their dead bodies lie } (\to pt “ma aut “n \). Old word from \pipt “\ (to fall ), a fall , especially of bodies slain in battle , a corpse , a carcase (Matthew:14:12 |), here the singular (some MSS . \pt “mata \, plural ) as belonging to each of the \aut “n \ (their ) like \stomatos aut “n \ (their mouth ) in verse 5 |. Songs:also in verse 9 |. No word in the Greek for "lie ." {In } (\epi \). "Upon ," as in verse 6 |, with genitive (\t ˆs plateias \), the broad way (\hodou \ understood ), from \platus \ (broad ) as in strkjv @Matthew:6:5 |, old word (Revelation:21:21 ; strkjv @22:2 |). {Of the great city } (\t ˆs pole “s t ˆs megal ˆs \). Clearly Jerusalem in view of the closing clause (\hopou--estaur “th ˆ\), though not here called "the holy city " as in verse 2 |, and though elsewhere in the Apocalypse Babylon (Rome ) is so described (14:8 ; strkjv @16:19 ; strkjv @17:5 ; strkjv @18:2 ,10 ,16 ,18 ,19 ,21 |). {Which } (\h ˆtis \). Which very city , not "whichever ." {Spiritually } (\pneumatik “s \). This late adverb from \pneumatikos \ (spiritual ) occurs in the N .T . only twice , in strkjv @1Corinthians:2:14 | for the help of the Holy Spirit in interpreting God 's message and here in a hidden or mystical (allegorical sense ). For this use of \pneumatikos \ see strkjv @1Corinthians:10:3f |. Judah is called Sodom in strkjv @Isaiah:1:9f .; strkjv @Ezekiel:16:46 ,55 |. See also strkjv @Matthew:10:15 ; strkjv @11:23 |. Egypt is not applied to Israel in the O .T ., but is "an obvious symbol of oppression and slavery " (Swete ). {Where also their Lord was crucified } (\hopou kai ho kurios aut “n estaur “th ˆ\). First aorist passive indicative of \stauro “\, to crucify , a reference to the fact of Christ 's crucifixion in Jerusalem . This item is one of the sins of Jerusalem and the disciple is not greater than the Master (John:15:20 |). rwp @Revelation:11:9 @{Men from among } (\ek t “n \ etc .). No word for "men " (\anthr “poi \ or \polloi \) before \ek t “n \, but it is implied (partitive use of \ek \) as in strkjv @2:10 | and often . See also strkjv @5:9 ; strkjv @7:9 | for this enumeration of races and nations . {Do look upon } (\blepousin \). Present (vivid dramatic ) active indicative of \blep “\. {Three days and a half } (\h ˆmeras treis kai h ˆmisu \). Accusative of extent of time . \H ˆmisu \ is neuter singular though \h ˆmeras \ (days ) is feminine as in strkjv @Mark:6:23 ; strkjv @Revelation:12:14 |. The days of the gloating over the dead bodies are as many as the years of the prophesying by the witnesses (11:3 |), but there is no necessary correspondence (day for a year ). This delight of the spectators "is represented as at once fiendish and childish " (Swete ). {Suffer not } (\ouk aphiousin \). Present active indicative of \aphi “\, late form for \aphi ˆmi \, as in strkjv @Mark:1:34 | (cf . \apheis \ in strkjv @Revelation:2:20 |). This use of \aphi ˆmi \ with the infinitive is here alone in the Apocalypse , though common elsewhere (John:11:44 ,48 ; strkjv @12:7 ; strkjv @18:8 |). {Their dead bodies } (\ta pt “mata aut “n \). "Their corpses ," plural here , though singular just before and in verse 8 |. {To be laid in a tomb } (\teth ˆnai eis mn ˆma \). First aorist passive of \tith ˆmi \, to place . \Mn ˆma \ (old word from \mimn ˆsk “\, to remind ) is a memorial , a monument , a sepulchre , a tomb (Mark:5:3 |). "In a country where burial regularly took place on the day of death the time of exposure and indignity would be regarded long " (Beckwith ). See Tobit strkjv @1:18ff . rwp @Revelation:11:10 @{They that dwell upon the earth } (\hoi katoikountes epi t ˆs g ˆs \). Present active articular participle of \katoike “\, "an Apocalyptic formula " (Swete ) for the non-Christian world (3:10 ; strkjv @6:10 ; strkjv @8:13 ; strkjv @13:8 ,12 ,14 ; strkjv @17:8 |). {Rejoice } (\chairousin \). Present active indicative of \chair “\. {Over them } (\ep ' autois \). Locative (or dative ) case with \epi \ as in strkjv @10:11 |. {Make merry } (\euphrainontai \). Present middle indicative of \euphrain “\, old verb (\eu , phr ˆn \, jolly mind ), as in strkjv @Luke:15:32 ; strkjv @Revelation:12:12 ; strkjv @18:20 |. Jubilant jollification over the cessation of the activity of the two prophets . {They shall send gifts to one another } (\d “ra pempsousin all ˆlois \). Future active of \pemp “\ with dative \all ˆlois \. Just as we see it done in strkjv @Esther:9:19 ,22 ; strkjv @Nehemiah:8:10 ,12 |. {Tormented } (\ebasanisan \). First aorist active indicative of \basaniz “\, for which see strkjv @9:5 |. This is the reason (\hoti \) of the fiendish glee of Jew and Gentile , who no longer will have to endure the prophecies (11:3f .|) and dread miracles (11:5f .|) of these two prophets . "Such a sense of relief is perhaps not seldom felt today by bad men when a preacher of righteousness or a signal example of goodness is removed " (Swete ).

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