Revelation 11:3
And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
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In Context
4These are the two olive-trees and the two lights, which are before the Lord of the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 37:34Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
Deuteronomy 17:6On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
1 Chronicles 21:16And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.
Job 16:15I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
Lamentations 2:10The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
Matthew 18:16But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 11:2-3
The Measuring of the Temple. ( a. d. 95.) 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. This prophetical passage about measuring the temple is a plain reference to what we find in Ezekiel's vision, Ezek. xl. 3 , &c. But how to… Read the whole commentary →