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Revelation 11:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Revelation 11:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 11:927 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
βλέπουσινblepousin
behold, beware, lieverbG991
ἐκek
those ofprepositionG1537
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
λαῶνlaōn
peoplesnounG2992
καὶkai
andwordG2532
φυλῶνphylōn
tribesnounG5443
καὶkai
andwordG2532
γλωσσῶνglōssōn
tonguesnounG1100
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐθνῶνethnōn
nationsnounG1484
τὸto
thearticleG3588
πτῶμαptōma
bodiesnounG4430
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
ἡμέραςhēmeras
daysnounG2250
τρεῖςtreis
threeadjectiveG5140
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἥμισυhēmisy
a halfadjectiveG2255
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τὰta
thearticleG3588
πτώματαptōmata
dead body, carcase, corpsenounG4430
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἀφίουσινaphiousin
cry, forgive, forsakeverbG863
τεθῆναιtethēnai
to be putverbG5087
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
μνῆμαmnēma
grave, sepulchre, tombnounG3418
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 11:9

“And their dead bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.” But He calls Jerusalem Sodom and Egypt, since it had become the heaping up of the persecuting people. Therefore it behooves us diligently, and with the utmost care, to follow the prophetic announcement, and to understand what the Spirit from the Father both announces and anticipates, and how, when He has gone forward to the last times, He again repeats the former…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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