Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(A) that comes up from the Abyss(B) will attack them,(C) and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city(D)—which is figuratively called Sodom(E) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.(F) For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation(G) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.(H) 10 The inhabitants of the earth(I) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,(J) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days(K) the breath[a] of life from God entered them,(L) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”(M) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(N) while their enemies looked on.

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(O) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(P) to the God of heaven.(Q)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)

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