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Wahyu 11:4

Mereka adalah kedua pohon zaitun dan kedua kaki dian yang berdiri di hadapan Tuhan semesta alam.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Candlestick;   Olive;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - World-System;   Thompson Chain Reference - Olive-Trees;   Trees;   The Topic Concordance - War/weapons;   Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Olive-Tree, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lamp;   Light;   Olive;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elijah;   Restore, Renew;   Zechariah, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Order;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Olive-Tree;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Elijah;   Gentiles;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Olive;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Beast;   Revelation, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apocalypse;   Arts;   Eschatology;   Fruit;   Lamp Lampstand;   Numbers;   Olive ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anointing;   Lamp;   Numbers as Symbols;   Olive, Olive Tree;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Candlestick;   Olive (tree);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Revelation of John:;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Mereka adalah kedua pohon zaitun dan kedua kaki dian yang berdiri di hadapan Tuhan semesta alam.

Contextual Overview

3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousande, two hundred, and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are two oliue trees, and two candlestickes, standyng before the God of the earth. 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them, fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes, & cosume their enemies: And if any man wil hurt them, this wyse must he be kylled. 6 These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll. 7 And whe they haue finished their testimonie, the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit, shall make warre against them, and shal ouercome them, and kyll them. 8 And their bodyes shall lye in ye streates of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt, where our Lorde was crucified. 9 And they of the people, and kinredes, and tongues, and they of the nations, shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe, & shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues. 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them, and be glad, and shall sende gyftes one to another: for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth. 11 And after three dayes and an halfe, the spirite of lyfe [commyng] from God, shall enter into them: And they shall stande vp vpon their feete, & great feare shall come vpon the which sawe them. 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen, saying vnto them, come vp hyther. And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude, and their enemies shall see them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two olive: Psalms 52:8, Jeremiah 11:16, Zechariah 4:2, Zechariah 4:3, Zechariah 4:11-14, Romans 11:17

two candlesticks: Revelation 1:20, Matthew 5:14-16, Luke 11:33

standing: Deuteronomy 10:8, 1 Kings 17:1

the God: Exodus 8:22, Isaiah 54:5, Micah 4:13, Zechariah 4:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 27:20 - pure oil olive beaten Leviticus 24:4 - the pure Zechariah 4:12 - What be Matthew 18:19 - That if Mark 11:25 - stand Mark 14:22 - this Luke 8:16 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.
Genesis 11:8
And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth, and they left of to buylde that citie.
Genesis 11:9
And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord dyd there confounde the language of all the earth: and from thence dyd the Lorde scatter them abrode vpon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:11
And Sem liued after he begat Arphaxad fiue hundreth yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad liued after he begat Selah, foure hundreth and three yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Whyther shal we go vp? Our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying: the people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled euen vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.
Deuteronomy 4:27
And the Lord shall scatter you among the people, and ye shalbe left fewe in number among the nations whyther the Lorde shall bryng you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Heare O Israel, thou passest ouer Iordane this day, to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe, cities great and walled vp to heauen:
2 Samuel 8:13
And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned & had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt xviii. thousand men.
Psalms 92:9
For lo, thine enemies O God, lo thine enemies shall perishe: & all the workers of wickednesse shalbe destroyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These are the two olive trees,.... Or represented by the two olive trees in Zechariah 4:3, which there design Joshua and Zerubbabel; and who in laying out themselves, their gifts and wealth, in rebuilding and finishing the temple, were types of these witnesses, the ministers of the Gospel, in the successive ages of the apostasy; who may be compared to olive trees, because of the oil of grace, and the truth of it in them; and because of the gifts of the Spirit of God bestowed on them, or their having that anointing which teacheth all things; and because they freely impart their gifts, and the golden oil of the Gospel unto others, and also bring the good tidings of peace and salvation by Christ, of which the olive leaf is a symbol; and because they are like the olive tree, fat, flourishing, and fruitful in spiritual things; they are sons of oil, and God's anointed ones:

and the two candlesticks; which hold forth the light of the word, in the midst of Popish darkness: this shows that churches, as well as ministers, are designed by the witnesses, since the candlesticks are explained of the churches, Revelation 1:20, though the simile well agrees with ministers of the word, who are the lights of the world, or hold forth the light of the Gospel, which is put into them by Christ: and these olive trees and candlesticks are represented as

standing before the God of the earth; ministering unto him, enjoying his presence, and having his assistance, and being under his protection. The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "the Lord of the earth"; and so the Complutensian edition; see Zechariah 4:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These are the two olive-trees - These are represented by the two olive-trees, or these are what are symbolized by the two olive-trees. There can be little doubt that there is an allusion here to Zechariah 4:3, Zechariah 4:11, Zechariah 4:14, though the imagery is in some respects changed. The prophet Zechariah 4:2-3 saw in vision “a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which were upon the top thereof; and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.” These two “olive branches” were subsequently declared Revelation 11:14 to be “the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” The olive-trees, or olive-branches Revelation 11:12, appear in the vision of the prophet to have been connected with the ever-burning lamp by golden pipes; and as the olive-tree produced the oil used by the ancients in their lamps, these trees are represented as furnishing a constant supply of oil through the golden pipes to the candlestick, and thus they become emblematic of the supply of grace to the church. John uses this emblem, not in the sense exactly in which it was employed by the prophet, but to denote that these two “witnesses,” which might be compared with the two olivetrees, would be the means of supplying grace to the church. As the olive-tree furnished oil for the lamps, the two trees here would seem properly to denote ministers of religion; and as there can be no doubt that the candlesticks, or lamp-bearers, denote churches, the sense would appear to be that it was through the pastors of the churches that the oil of grace which maintained the brightness of those mystic candlesticks, or the churches, was conveyed. The image is a beautiful one, and expresses a truth of great importance to the world; for God has designed that the lamp of piety shall be kept burning in the churches by truth supplied through ministers and pastors.

And the two candlesticks - The prophet Zechariah saw but one such candlestick or lamp-bearer; John here saw two - as there are two “witnesses” referred to. In the vision described in Revelation 1:12, he saw seven - representing the seven churches of Asia. For an explanation of the meaning of the symbol, see the notes on that verse.

Standing before the God of the earth - So Zechariah 4:14, “These be the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” The meaning is, that they stood, as it were, in the very presence of God - as, in the tabernacle and temple, the golden candlestick stood “before” the ark on which was the symbol of the divine presence, though separated from it by a veil. Compare the notes on Revelation 9:13. This representation, that the ministers of religion “stand before the Lord,” is one that is not uncommon in the Bible. Thus it is said of the priests and Levites: “The Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to staled before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless his name,” Deuteronomy 10:8; compare Deuteronomy 18:7. The same thing is said of the prophets, as in the cases of Elijah and Elisha: “As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand,” 1 Kings 17:1; also, 1 Kings 18:15; 2Ki 3:14; 2 Kings 5:16; compare Jeremiah 15:19. The representation is, that they ministered, as it were, constantly in his presence, and under his eye.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 11:4. These are the two olive trees — Mentioned Zechariah 4:14, which there represent Zerubbabel and Joshua the high priest. The whole account seems taken from Zechariah 4:1-14. Whether the prophet and the apostle mean the same things by these emblems, we know not.


 
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