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Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
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The City of Rebellion
Commentators explain that "the great city" is not just one literal place but a symbolic representation of any society that opposes God. It is spiritually called "Sodom" for its moral corruption, "Egypt" for its oppression of God's people, and Jerusalem, "where their Lord was crucified," for its rejection of Christ. As the Expositor's Commentary notes, this represents the "transhistorical city of Satan" that appears wherever God's servants are harassed.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street. Professor Stuart says, "Shall be in the street." The words "shall lie" are supplied by the …
Their dead bodies lie (το πτωμα αυτων). Old word from πιπτω (to fall), a fall, especially of bodies slain in battle, a corpse, a c…
19th Century
Anglican
And their dead bodies . . .—Better, And their corpse (is) on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom a…
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John mentions the place of the attack on the witnesses and of their death: “The street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Eg…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city Not Jerusalem, whic…
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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