Revelation 11:1

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

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WEBBE

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

BSB

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

KJV

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

ASV

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

BBE

And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

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Καὶ Kai And G2532 ἐδόθη edothē was given G1325 μοι moi to me G3165 κάλαμος kalamos a measuring rod G2563 ὅμοιος homoios like G3664 ῥάβδῳ rhabdō as a staff G4464 λέγων legōn saying G3004 ἔγειρε egeire do rise G1453 καὶ kai and G2532 μέτρησον metrēson do measure G3354 τὸν ton the G3588 ναὸν naon temple G3485 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316 καὶ kai and G2532 τὸ to the G3588 θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion altar G2379 καὶ kai and G2532 τοὺς tous those G3588 προσκυνοῦντας proskunountas worshiping G4352 ἐν en in G1722 αὐτῷ autō it G846

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–2

This prophetical passage about measuring the temple seems to refer to Ezekiel's vision. The design of this measuring seems to be the preservation of the church in times of public danger; or for its trial, or for its reformation. The worshippers must be measured; whether they make God's glory their end, and his word their rule, in all their acts of worship. Those in the outer court, worship in a false manner, or with dissembling hearts, and will be found among his enemies. God will have a temple and an altar in the world, till the end of time. He looks strictly to his temple. The holy city, the visible church, is trodden under foot; is filled with idolaters, infidels, and hypocrites. But the desolations of the church are limited, and she shall be delivered out of all her troubles.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.