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Revelation 11:3

Witness and missionProphecy

1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

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BSB
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
KJV
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
WEB
I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
ASV
And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
DARBY
And I will give [power] to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
BLB
And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
ÅB
Og jeg vil gi mine to vitner at de skal være profeter i tusen to hundre og seksti dager, kledd i sekk.
OTB
Og jeg vil gi myndighet til mine to vitner, og de skal profetere i 1 260 dager, kledd i sekkestrie.”
B1930
Og jeg vil gi mine to vidner at de skal være profeter i tusen to hundre og seksti dager, klædd i sekk.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 12:6

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

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  • Revelation 11:2

    But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:15

    A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  • Revelation 13:5

    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

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  • Acts 13:31

    and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

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  • Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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  • Luke 24:48

    You are witnesses of these things.

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  • Isaiah 22:12

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

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