“And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”
Then they said to me, 'You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings' — the commission (dei, it is necessary) reiterates John's role as prophet to the world (compare 1:3). The universal scope (peoples, nations, languages, kings) establishes that the remaining prophecy addresses all humanity; all powers come under Christ's judgment.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:11
“And He says unto me, You must again prophesy to the peoples, and to the tongues, and to the nations, and to many kings.” He says this, because when John said these things he was in the island of Patmos, condemned to the labour of the mines by Cæsar Domitian. There, therefore, he saw the Apocalypse; and when grown old, he thought that he should at length receive his quittance by suffering, Domitian being killed, all his judgments were discharged. And John being dismissed from…
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