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From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will people look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
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A Spectacle of Humiliation
Commentators universally agree that refusing to bury the dead was a profound act of public humiliation and contempt. The global audience—'peoples and tribes and tongues and nations'—is invited to gloat over the silenced witnesses. This highlights the world's intense hatred for the truth and its fiendish joy in what appears to be evil's ultimate victory.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they of the people. This means some of the people, a part of the people—ek twn lawn. The language is such as would be used to…
Men from among (εκ τÂων etc.). No word for "men" (ανθρÂωπο or πολλο) before εκ τÂων, but it is implied (partitive use of εκ) as in…
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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People from every nation—Jew and Gentile—will “gloat over” their corpses and refuse them the dignity of burial. To have a dead body lie in view of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, and nations These are either the e…
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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