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I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
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A crucial detail highlighted by nearly all commentators is that the witnesses' ascension is public: "their enemies beheld them." This is not a secret escape but a powerful, open display of God's approval. The cause that was persecuted and silenced is now visibly honored by God, demonstrating the ultimate triumph of His truth and striking terror into the hearts of those who opposed it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they heard a great voice from heaven. Some manuscripts read, "I heard"—hkousa—but the more approved reading is that of the co…
Saying (λεγουσης). Present active predicate participle of λεγω, feminine genitive agreeing with φωνης, though some MSS. have the a…
19th Century
Anglican
And they heard . . . — Translate: And they heard (or, I heard; manuscript authority is divided, though the balance of evidence…
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The witnesses now experience a resurrection and an ascension to heaven following their three-and-one-half-day death. It is generally held that John…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they heard a great voice from heaven The Complutensian edition reads, "I heard", i.e. "John"; and so the Syriac …
In the time of treading down, God preserved His faithful witnesses to attest to the truth of His word and worship, and the excellence of His ways. …
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