Revelation 11:2

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

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WEBBE

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

BSB

But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

KJV

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

ASV

And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

BBE

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

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καὶ kai And G2532 τὴν tēn the G3588 αὐλὴν aulēn courtyard G833 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 ἔξωθεν exōthen outside G1855 τοῦ tou the G3588 ναοῦ naou temple G3485 ἔκβαλε ekbale do leave G1544 ἔξωθεν exōthen outside G1855 καὶ kai and G2532 μὴ mē not G3361 αὐτὴν autēn it G846 μετρήσῃς metrēsēs may measure G3354 ὅτι hoti because G3754 ἐδόθη edothē it has been given [up] G1325 τοῖς tois to the G3588 ἔθνεσιν ethnesin nations G1484 καὶ kai and G2532 τὴν tēn the G3588 πόλιν polin city G4172 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 ἁγίαν hagian holy G40 πατήσουσιν patēsousin they will trample upon G3961 μῆνας mēnas months G3376 τεσσεράκοντα tesserakonta forty G5062 καὶ kai and G2532 δύο.¶ duo two G1417

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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