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No one will be allowed to bury them. <a href="/esv/revelation/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, <a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/blb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And those of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze upon their bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their bodies to be put into a tomb. <a href="/kjv/revelation/11.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/11.htm">New King James Version</a> Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Those from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/nasb/revelation/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/lsb/revelation/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/amp/revelation/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Those from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/csb/revelation/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And some of the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And representatives from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb. <a href="/asv/revelation/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/cev/revelation/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> For three and a half days the people of every nation, tribe, language, and race will stare at the bodies of these two witnesses and refuse to let them be buried. <a href="/erv/revelation/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/gwt/revelation/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> For 3 1/2 days some members of the people, tribes, languages, and nations will look at the witnesses' dead bodies and will not allow anyone to bury them. <a href="/gnt/revelation/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> People from all nations, tribes, languages, and races will look at their bodies for three and a half days and will not allow them to be buried. <a href="/isv/revelation/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> For three and a half days some members of the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead bodies and will not allow them to be placed in a tomb. <a href="/msb/revelation/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb. <a href="/net/revelation/11.htm">NET Bible</a> For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. <a href="/nheb/revelation/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be placed in a tomb. <a href="/wbt/revelation/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they of the people, and kindreds, and languages, and nations, shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. <a href="/wey/revelation/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And men belonging to all peoples, tribes, languages and nations gaze at their dead bodies for three days and a half, but they refuse to let them be laid in a tomb. <a href="/web/revelation/11.htm">World English Bible</a> From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations, people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they gaze—[those] of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations—on their dead bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their dead bodies to be put into tombs, <a href="/blb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And those of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze upon their bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their bodies to be put into a tomb. <a href="/ylt/revelation/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they shall behold -- they of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations -- their dead bodies three days and a half, and their dead bodies they shall not suffer to be put into tombs, <a href="/slt/revelation/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they from the people and tongues and nations shall see their slain bodies three days and a half, and they shall not suffer their slain bodies to be put into tombs.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they of the tribes, and peoples, and tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And those from the tribes and peoples and languages and nations shall be watching their bodies for three and one half days. And they shall not permit their bodies to be placed in tombs. <a href="/nabre/revelation/11.htm">New American Bible</a> Those from every people, tribe, tongue, and nation will gaze on their corpses for three and a half days, and they will not allow their corpses to be buried. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For three and a half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And their dead bodies will be seen by the peoples and kindred and nations and tongues for three days and a half, and it will not be permitted to bury their dead bodies in graves. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And then they of the peoples and generations, languages and nations will look upon their corpses 3 1/2 days, and they will not allow their corpses to be placed in tombs.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And some of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three days and a half, and will not suffer their dead bodies to be put into sepulchers. <a href="/godbey/revelation/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And those of the peoples and of tribes and of the tongues and of the nations see their dead body three days and a half, and do not suffer their bodies to be put in a sepulchre. <a href="/haweis/revelation/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations will look upon their corpses three days and half, and they will not permit their corpses to be laid in sepulchres. <a href="/mace/revelation/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> the people of different tribes, languages, and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and not suffer them to be buried in the grave. <a href="/wey/revelation/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And men belonging to all peoples, tribes, languages and nations gaze at their dead bodies for three days and a half, but they refuse to let them be laid in a tomb. <a href="/worrell/revelation/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And some of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, look upon their corpses three days and a half; and they suffer not their corpses to be put into a tomb. <a href="/worsley/revelation/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And various people, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and not suffer their corpses to be buried. <a href="/parallel/revelation/11-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=2203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm">The Witnesses Killed and Raised</a> …8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. 9<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/5140.htm" title="5140: treis (Adj-AFP) -- Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; three.">For three</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2255.htm" title="2255: hēmisy (Adj-ANS) -- Half. Neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to hama and meaning semi-; half.">a half</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeras (N-AFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laōn (N-GMP) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">peoples</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5443.htm" title="5443: phylōn (N-GFP) -- A tribe or race of people. From phuo; an offshoot, i.e. Race or clan.">tribes</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1100.htm" title="1100: glōssōn (N-GFP) -- The tongue; by implication, a language.">tongues</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1484.htm" title="1484: ethnōn (N-GNP) -- Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.">nations</a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepousin (V-PIA-3P) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">will view</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4430.htm" title="4430: ptōma (N-ANS) -- A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body.">bodies</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/863.htm" title="863: aphiousin (V-PIA-3P) -- From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.">will not permit</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4430.htm" title="4430: ptōmata (N-ANP) -- A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body.">them</a> <a href="/greek/5087.htm" title="5087: tethēnai (V-ANP) -- To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.">to be laid</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3418.htm" title="3418: mnēma (N-ANS) -- A tomb, monument, memorial. From mnaomai; a memorial, i.e. Sepulchral monument.">a tomb.</a> 10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Daniel 12:4</a> But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.” <a href="/matthew/24-14.htm">Matthew 24:14</a> And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. <a href="/zechariah/14-2.htm">Zechariah 14:2</a> For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Psalm 79:2-3</a> They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. / They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. <a href="/ezekiel/37-11.htm">Ezekiel 37:11-12</a> Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ / Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a> “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.” <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jeremiah 8:1-2</a> “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. / They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground. <a href="/1_kings/13-22.htm">1 Kings 13:22</a> but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’” <a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a> 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.” <a href="/matthew/10-18.htm">Matthew 10:18</a> On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. <a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a> They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. <a href="/john/11-9.htm">John 11:9-10</a> Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world. / But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.” <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:16</a> hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them. <a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3</a> Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a> And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the people.<a href="/revelation/10-11.htm">Revelation 10:11</a> And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.<a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Revelation 13:7</a> And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.<a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Revelation 17:15</a> And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.three.<a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Revelation 11:2,3,11</a> 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… and shall not.<a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8</a> And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.<a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17,18</a> And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; … <a href="/psalms/79-2.htm">Psalm 79:2,3</a> The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/revelation/7-2.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/jude/1-9.htm">Body</a> <a href="/acts/8-2.htm">Burial</a> <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Gaze</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Graves</a> <a href="/revelation/8-1.htm">Half</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Kindreds</a> <a href="/revelation/10-11.htm">Languages</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/revelation/10-11.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-6.htm">Permit</a> <a href="/revelation/10-2.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/revelation/2-22.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Three</a> <a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/john/5-28.htm">Tombs</a> <a href="/revelation/10-11.htm">Tongues</a> <a href="/revelation/7-8.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/20-6.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/genesis/14-23.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/revelation/18-13.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Body</a> <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Burial</a> <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/exodus/19-21.htm">Gaze</a> <a href="/genesis/23-6.htm">Graves</a> <a href="/revelation/11-11.htm">Half</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Kindreds</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Languages</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/revelation/17-15.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">Permit</a> <a href="/genesis/1-17.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/revelation/13-15.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Sepulchre</a> <a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/revelation/11-11.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/23-6.htm">Tomb</a> <a href="/genesis/23-6.htm">Tombs</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Tongues</a> <a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 11</div>1. <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">The two witnesses prophesy.</a> 6. <a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">They have power to shut heaven so that it rain not.</a> 7. <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">The beast shall fight against them, and kill them.</a> 8. <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">They lie unburied;</a> 11. <a href="/revelation/11-11.htm">and after three and a half days rise again.</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">The second woe is past.</a> 15. <a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">The seventh trumpet sounds.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This timeframe echoes the three and a half years (42 months) mentioned elsewhere in Revelation, which is associated with tribulation and persecution. It also parallels the ministry of Jesus, who was in the tomb for three days, suggesting a period of apparent defeat before victory.all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations This phrase emphasizes the universal scope of the event, indicating that the entire world will witness it. It reflects the global nature of the end times, as seen in other parts of Revelation where similar language is used to describe the reach of the gospel and the extent of God's judgment. This universality underscores the significance of the event and the widespread impact it will have.will view their bodies The public display of the bodies signifies humiliation and disgrace, as leaving bodies unburied was considered a great dishonor in ancient cultures. This act of viewing also suggests a level of technological advancement or communication that allows people from all over the world to witness the event simultaneously, which aligns with modern capabilities.and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb Refusing burial is a sign of contempt and rejection, highlighting the world's animosity towards the witnesses. In biblical times, burial was a sacred duty, and denying it was a severe insult. This act of disrespect reflects the spiritual blindness and rebellion of the people against God's messengers, reminiscent of the treatment of prophets and righteous individuals throughout biblical history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/two_witnesses.htm">Two Witnesses</a> Central figures in <a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm">Revelation 11</a>, these witnesses prophesy for 1,260 days and are eventually killed by the beast. Their bodies lie in the street for three and a half days. 2. <a href="/topical/p/peoples,_tribes,_tongues,_and_nations.htm">Peoples, Tribes, Tongues, and Nations</a> This phrase emphasizes the global scope of the event, indicating that people from all over the world will witness the dead bodies of the two witnesses. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_beast.htm">The Beast</a> The antagonist who kills the two witnesses. This figure represents opposition to God and His people. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem (Symbolic)</a> While not explicitly named in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm">Revelation 11</a> suggests that the events occur in a place symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord was crucified, often interpreted as Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/t/three_and_a_half_days.htm">Three and a Half Days</a> A specific period during which the bodies of the two witnesses remain unburied, symbolizing a temporary triumph of evil over good.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/global_witness.htm">Global Witness</a> The event's worldwide visibility underscores the universal nature of God's message and the global impact of His witnesses. Believers are called to be witnesses to all nations. <a href="/topical/t/temporary_triumph_of_evil.htm">Temporary Triumph of Evil</a> The three and a half days symbolize a short-lived victory of evil. Christians can take comfort in knowing that any apparent triumph of evil is temporary and will be overcome by God's ultimate victory. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a> The endurance of the two witnesses serves as an example for believers to remain steadfast in their faith, even in the face of persecution and death. <a href="/topical/p/public_testimony.htm">Public Testimony</a> The refusal to bury the witnesses highlights the public nature of their testimony. Believers are encouraged to live out their faith openly and courageously. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a> The eventual resurrection of the witnesses (not covered in this verse but in the subsequent verses) points to the hope of resurrection for all believers, affirming the promise of eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 11</a> <a href="/q/what_is_true_identity_and_how_to_get_it.htm">What does 'every tribe and tongue' mean in salvation?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_revelation.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Revelation?</a> <a href="/q/how_are_the_un_and_revelation's_beast_linked.htm">How do the UN, end times, and Revelation's beast connect?</a> <a href="/q/does_lev._22_10_conflict_with_inclusivity.htm">In Leviticus 22:10, does the exclusion of non-priests from eating sacred offerings conflict with later biblical themes of inclusivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves; and from among the peoples and tribes, etc., do [men] look upon, etc., and suffer not, etc., in a tomb (Revised Version). The fourfold enumeration points to the wide distribution of the state of things symbolized (cf. <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a>, etc.), and seems of itself almost sufficient to demonstrate that the two witnesses are not two individual persons who are hereafter to appear. The period is but three days and a half; again, as in vers. 2, 3, a broken, that is, a finite but uncertain period; but, as compared with the three years and a half - the period of the world's existence - very short. (On the signification of the last clause, see on ver. 8.) It is the usual Eastern mark of contempt and degradation. The whole verse, together with the preceding and succeeding verses, describes symbolically, but graphically, the scorn and contempt to which the Church and God's Word will be subjected by men. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/11-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For three τρεῖς (treis) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5140.htm">Strong's 5140: </a> Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a half ἥμισυ (hēmisy) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2255.htm">Strong's 2255: </a> Half. Neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to hama and meaning semi-; half. days ἡμέρας (hēmeras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. all ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. peoples λαῶν (laōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> Apparently a primary word; a people. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. tribes φυλῶν (phylōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5443.htm">Strong's 5443: </a> A tribe or race of people. From phuo; an offshoot, i.e. Race or clan. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. tongues γλωσσῶν (glōssōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1100.htm">Strong's 1100: </a> The tongue; by implication, a language. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. nations ἐθνῶν (ethnōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1484.htm">Strong's 1484: </a> Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one. will view βλέπουσιν (blepousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. bodies πτῶμα (ptōma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4430.htm">Strong's 4430: </a> A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. will not permit ἀφίουσιν (aphiousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_863.htm">Strong's 863: </a> From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications. [them] πτώματα (ptōmata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4430.htm">Strong's 4430: </a> A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body. to be laid τεθῆναι (tethēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_5087.htm">Strong's 5087: </a> To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. a tomb. μνῆμα (mnēma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3418.htm">Strong's 3418: </a> A tomb, monument, memorial. From mnaomai; a memorial, i.e. Sepulchral monument. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 11:9 From among the peoples tribes languages (Rev. 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