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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/revelation/11.htm">New International Version</a> Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/nlt/revelation/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. <a href="/esv/revelation/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. <a href="/bsb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/blb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/revelation/11.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/11.htm">New King James Version</a> And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/nasb/revelation/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/lsb/revelation/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/amp/revelation/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And their dead bodies will lie exposed in the open street of the great city (Jerusalem), which in a spiritual sense is called [by the symbolic and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/csb/revelation/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Their dead bodies will lie in the main street of the great city, which figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Their dead bodies will lie in the public square of the great city, which prophetically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. <a href="/asv/revelation/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/revelation/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And this city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt. <a href="/erv/revelation/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/revelation/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Their dead bodies will lie on the street of the important city where their Lord was crucified. The spiritual names of that city are Sodom and Egypt. <a href="/gnt/revelation/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt. <a href="/isv/revelation/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. <a href="/msb/revelation/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city?figuratively called Sodom and Egypt?where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/net/revelation/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/nheb/revelation/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/revelation/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/revelation/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And their dead bodies are to lie in the broad street of the great city which spiritually is designated 'Sodom' and 'Egypt,' where indeed their Lord was crucified. <a href="/web/revelation/11.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and their body [is] on the street of the great city that is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified, <a href="/blb/revelation/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> 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. <a href="/ylt/revelation/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and their dead bodies are upon the broad-place of the great city (that is called spiritually Sodom, and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified,) <a href="/slt/revelation/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And their slain bodies upon the spacious way of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the Great City, which is figuratively called ‘Sodom’ and ‘Egypt,’ the place where their Lord also was crucified. <a href="/nabre/revelation/11.htm">New American Bible</a> Their corpses will lie in the main street of the great city, which has the symbolic names “Sodom” and “Egypt,” where indeed their Lord was crucified. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is prophetically called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And their dead bodies shall be upon the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their LORD was crucified. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And their corpses came into the street of The Great City, which spiritually is called Sadom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/godbey/revelation/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And their dead body will lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord also was crucified. <a href="/haweis/revelation/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And their corpses shall be exposed in the streets of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. <a href="/mace/revelation/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which in the mystical stile is called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified. <a href="/wey/revelation/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And their dead bodies are to lie in the broad street of the great city which spiritually is designated 'Sodom' and 'Egypt,' where indeed their Lord was crucified. <a href="/worrell/revelation/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And their corpses will lie on the street of the great city, which, spiritually, is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified. <a href="/worsley/revelation/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And their dead bodies shall fall in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. <a href="/parallel/revelation/11-8.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=2193" 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> 7When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them. 8<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></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-NNS) -- 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-NNS) -- A fall; a carcass, corpse, dead body. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, i.e., lifeless body.">bodies</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">will lie in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4113.htm" title="4113: plateias (N-GFS) -- A street, public square, broad way. Feminine of platus; a wide plat or place, i.e. Open square.">street</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalēs (Adj-GFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">great</a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: poleōs (N-GFS) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">city—</a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hētis (RelPro-NFS) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. "></a> <a href="/greek/4153.htm" title="4153: pneumatikōs (Adv) -- Adverb from pneumatikos; non-physically, i.e. Divinely, figuratively.">figuratively</a> <a href="/greek/2564.htm" title="2564: kaleitai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to call.">called</a> <a href="/greek/4670.htm" title="4670: Sodoma (N-NNP) -- Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine.">Sodom</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/125.htm" title="125: Aigyptos (N-NFS) -- Egypt. Of uncertain derivation.">Egypt—</a> <a href="/greek/3699.htm" title="3699: hopou (Adv) -- Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.">where</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: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: estaurōthē (V-AIP-3S) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">was also crucified.</a> 9For 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.…<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="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a> The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. / He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry. / Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” ... <a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9-10</a> Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. / Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a> And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/13-33.htm">Luke 13:33-34</a> Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. / O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <a href="/jeremiah/11-9.htm">Jeremiah 11:9</a> And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem. <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a> The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her. <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Ezekiel 16:46-50</a> Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south. / And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were. / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done. ... <a href="/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a> Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” <a href="/luke/10-12.htm">Luke 10:12</a> I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Luke 17:29-30</a> But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. <a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20</a> Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.their dead.<a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9</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="/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… <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Jeremiah 26:23</a> And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.the great.<a href="/revelation/11-13.htm">Revelation 11:13</a> And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.<a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.<a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a> And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.Sodom.<a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a> But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a> Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;<a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a> Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.Egypt.<a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13,14</a> And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: … <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7</a> And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;<a href="/exodus/20-2.htm">Exodus 20:2</a> I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.our Lord.<a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a> And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.<a href="/luke/13-33.htm">Luke 13:33,34</a> Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem… <a href="/acts/9-4.htm">Acts 9:4</a> And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Allegorically</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/revelation/3-1.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-10.htm">Designated</a> <a href="/jude/1-5.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-19.htm">Figuratively</a> <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jude/1-10.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/revelation/3-9.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/revelation/10-8.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-2.htm">Spiritually</a> <a href="/acts/12-10.htm">Street</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Allegorically</a> <a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/revelation/11-13.htm">City</a> <a href="/numbers/32-5.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Designated</a> <a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">Figuratively</a> <a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/revelation/14-5.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Sodom</a> <a href="/revelation/11-11.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/acts/9-31.htm">Spiritually</a> <a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Street</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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The "great city" is often interpreted as Jerusalem, a central location in biblical prophecy and history. Jerusalem is significant as the spiritual and political center of Israel, and it plays a crucial role in eschatological events. The imagery of bodies lying in the street suggests a public display of defeat and humiliation, which contrasts with the ultimate victory of God's plan.figuratively called Sodom and Egypt The use of "figuratively" indicates that the names Sodom and Egypt are symbolic. Sodom is associated with extreme wickedness and divine judgment, as seen in <a href="/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>. Egypt represents oppression and idolatry, recalling the Israelites' bondage and God's deliverance in the Exodus. By using these names, the text highlights the moral and spiritual corruption of the city, drawing parallels to past judgments and emphasizing the need for repentance.where their Lord was also crucified This phrase identifies the city as Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ was crucified. The crucifixion is central to Christian theology, representing the atoning sacrifice of Christ for humanity's sins. The mention of the crucifixion connects the suffering of the two witnesses to the suffering of Christ, suggesting a pattern of persecution for those who bear witness to God's truth. It also underscores the irony that the city, which should be a place of holiness, is instead marked by rejection of God's messengers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_two_witnesses.htm">The Two Witnesses</a> These are the prophetic figures whose bodies lie in the street. They are God's messengers, sent to prophesy and testify to the truth. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_great_city.htm">The Great City</a> This is the location where the bodies of the two witnesses lie. It is symbolically referred to as "Sodom and Egypt," indicating a place of great sin and spiritual bondage. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sodom.htm">Sodom</a> A city known from the Old Testament for its extreme wickedness and subsequent destruction by God. It symbolizes moral corruption. 4. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A nation known for enslaving the Israelites. It represents oppression and idolatry. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_crucifixion_of_the_lord.htm">The Crucifixion of the Lord</a> This refers to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, which took place in Jerusalem. It highlights the city's spiritual significance and its rejection of God's messengers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sin_and_rejection.htm">Symbolism of Sin and Rejection</a> The reference to Sodom and Egypt symbolizes the pervasive sin and rejection of God’s truth. Believers are called to recognize and resist the spiritual decay in their own environments. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_witnessing.htm">The Cost of Witnessing</a> The fate of the two witnesses serves as a reminder of the potential cost of standing for truth. Christians should be prepared to face opposition and persecution for their faith. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a> Just as the great city is a place of spiritual danger, believers must remain vigilant against the influences of sin and idolatry in their lives. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a> Despite the apparent defeat of the witnesses, the broader context of Revelation assures believers of ultimate victory and resurrection through Christ.<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's_the_story_of_abraham_and_lot.htm">What is the story and meaning of Abraham and Lot?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_biblical_contradictions_show_wisdom.htm">How do contradictions in biblical law reflect divine wisdom?</a> <a href="/q/what_events_does_revelation_predict.htm">What future events does Revelation predict?</a> <a href="/q/who_are_revelation's_two_witnesses.htm">Who are the two witnesses in Revelation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8-10) And their dead bodies . . .--Better, And their corpse (is) upon the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified. And some from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations look upon their corpse three days and a half, and do not suffer their corpses to be put into a tomb. And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth. Their corpses remain unburied, while congratulations and rejoicings go on; harmony and concord prevail, as when Pilate and Herod were made friends; it is the millennium of evil, the paradise of fools who make a mock at sin; but the forms of the witnesses, though silenced, still in silence witness against evil. At no time are they hid away out of sight. Even in an age of religious and social anarchy the silent tokens of a better order remain, as when in mockery and profanation the harlot was enthroned within Notre Dame, the very sanctuary walls, which no longer echoed to the psalm of Christian life, yet bore silent testimony to the higher genius of the past. They are said to lie in "the street of the great city." The city is described as the great city (comp. <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm" title="And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.">Revelation 16:19</a>), and also as Sodom, Egypt, and Jerusalem. Do not passages like this show conclusively that to deny the mystical or allegorical sense of the Apocalypse is to keep the husk and cast away the seed? The city is great, for it is all-important in the eyes of the inhabitants, as public opinion is all-important to the weak or the worldly; it is Sodom, for it is the place where, through pleasure and luxuriousness (fulness of bread), the worst forms of immorality take root; it is Egypt, for it is the house of bondage, where the wages of sin become tyrannous; it is Jerusalem, for it is the apostate place where the presence of Christ is hated. The same spirit which slew their Lord is alive to persecute His servants. "It cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household;" and the reason of this hatred is told--the words of the witnesses "tormented them." "The reproof of their gospel and the reproof of their example . . . had been a torture to them; there was a voice in them which echoed its voice--the voice of a convicting conscience, and the voice of an anticipated judgment."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - 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; their dead body (in the singular), according to A, B, C, Arethas, and others. The plural is read in N, P, Andreas, Primasius, and others. Omit "lie upon the highway... their Lord." "The great city" is referred to in <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Revelation 16:19</a>; <a href="/revelation/17-18.htm">Revelation 17:18</a>; <a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-19</a>. Its signification is always the same, viz. the type of what is ungodly and of the world, and it is always consigned to punishment. Jerusalem, the type of what is holy, is never thus designated. Here we are plainly told the spiritual, that is, the symbolical nature of the designation. Sodom and Egypt are chosen as the type of what is evil (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Isaiah 1:10</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Ezekiel 16:46</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7</a>, etc.). It was in this city, that is, by the influence of this world power, that the Lord was crucified. In describing the fate of the Church, St. John seems to have in mind the life of Christ. His witness, the opposition he encountered, his death for a brief time at the completion of his work, his resurrection and ascension, and triumph over the devil, are all here reproduced. "The bodies lie in the street" symbolizes, according to Jewish custom, the most intense scorn and hatred. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/11-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>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 - Nominative 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. [will lie] in ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. street πλατείας (plateias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4113.htm">Strong's 4113: </a> A street, public square, broad way. Feminine of platus; a wide 'plat' or 'place', i.e. Open square. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. great μεγάλης (megalēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. city— πόλεως (poleōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. figuratively πνευματικῶς (pneumatikōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4153.htm">Strong's 4153: </a> Adverb from pneumatikos; non-physically, i.e. Divinely, figuratively. called καλεῖται (kaleitai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2564.htm">Strong's 2564: </a> (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. Sodom Σόδομα (Sodoma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4670.htm">Strong's 4670: </a> Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Egypt— Αἴγυπτος (Aigyptos) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_125.htm">Strong's 125: </a> Egypt. Of uncertain derivation. where ὅπου (hopou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3699.htm">Strong's 3699: </a> Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot. 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. Lord Κύριος (Kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. was also crucified. ἐσταυρώθη (estaurōthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 11:8 Their dead bodies will be (Rev. 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