Revelation 11 — Overview

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the measuring--reed given to the apostle, to take the dimensions of the temple, ver. 1, 2. II. Of the two witnesses of God, ver. 3-13. III. Of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and what followed upon it, ver. 14, &c.

The Measuring of the Temple. (a. d. 95.)

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