Revelation 11:8
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
- KJV
- And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- WEB
- Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- ASV
- And their dead bodies [lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- DARBY
- and their body [shall be] on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- BLB
- And their body [will be] upon the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- ÅB
- Og deres lik skal ligge på gaten i den store by, den som i åndelig mening kalles Sodoma og Egypt, der hvor og deres herre ble korsfestet.
- OTB
- Deres lik vil ligge på gaten i den store byen, som åndelig kalles Sodoma og Egypt, der deres Herre også ble korsfestet.
- B1930
- Og deres lik skal ligge på gaten i den store by, den som i åndelig mening kalles Sodoma og Egypten, der hvor og deres herre blev korsfestet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Read in contextRevelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Read in contextHebrews 13:12
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Read in contextRevelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:53–55
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
Read in contextJude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Read in contextRevelation 18:18
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Read in context2 Peter 2:6
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
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