“These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth — the witnesses are identified as the two olive trees and two lampstands (lychnia), invoking Zechariah 4. In Zechariah, the olive trees represent Joshua and Zerubbabel (civil and priestly authority); here they represent faithful witnesses who bear testimony before God.
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