Charles Ellicott Commentary Revelation 11:11

"And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that beheld them." — Revelation 11:11 (ASV)

And after three days . . .—Better, And after the three days and a half (not simply “three days and a half”) a Spirit of life from God entered into (or, in; that is, so as to be in) them, and they stood upon their feet; and a great fear fell upon those who saw them.

The vision of the dry bones will be remembered; in part, the very wording of it is used here—e.g., they stood upon their feet (Ezekiel 37:1–10); and an even more sacred remembrance—the three days of our Master’s death-sleep—will be traced here. Where I am, there shall also My servant be (John 12:26). If we suffer with Him, we shall also be glorified together (Romans 8:17).

There is a resurrection power in even rejected truth; its strength is undying. If it is of God, men cannot overthrow it. The corn of wheat that dies brings forth much fruit. The cause that seemed dead is found to possess a renewed power and life. “There is an end of resistance to the Papal rule and religion; opposers exist no more!” cried the orator of the Lateran Council in 1514; but within three years and a half, the hand of Luther nailed up his theses at Wittenberg. It is one illustration among many.