Revelation 11:3

And I will give my two witnesses; and they will prophesy a thousand and two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

In Context

2But the court which is without the temple, leave out, and measure it not; because it is given to the Gentiles; and they will tread down the holy city forty and two months.

4These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks which stand before the Lord of the earth.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:16But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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 →

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