Revelation 11:1

AND there was given to me a reed, like a staff; and the angel stood, saying, Arise, measure the temple of Aloha, and the altar, and them who worship therein;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and the court which is without the temple cast out, and do not measure it, because it is given to the Gentiles, and the holy city shall be trodden down, MONTHS FORTY AND TWO.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:16Or what union hath the temple of Aloha with (that) of demons? For you are the temple of Aloha the living; as it is written, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; And I will be their God, And they shall be to me a people.

Ephesians 2:20and you are builded upon the foundation of the apostles and of the prophets, and Jeshu the Meshiha himself is the chief corner of the building;

1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, who minister as priests to the kingdom, a holy people, a congregation redeemed to announce the praises of him who hath called you from darkness to his transcendant light:

Matthew Henry on Revelation 11:1

In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the measuring—reed given to the apostle, to take the dimensions of the temple, ver. 1, 2 . II. Of the two witnesses of God, ver. 3-13 . III. Of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and what followed upon it, ver. 14 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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