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I will give (dōsō). Future active of didōmi. The speaker may be God (Beckwith) or Christ (Swete) as in Rev 2:13; Rev 21:6 or his angel representative (Rev 22:7, Rev 22:12.). The idiom that follows is Hebraic instead of either the infinitive after didōmi as in Rev 2:7; Rev 3:21; Rev 6:4; Rev 7:2; Rev 13:7, Rev 13:15; Rev 16:8 or hina with the subjunctive (Rev 9:5; Rev 19:8) we have kai prophēteusousin (and they shall prophesy).
Unto my two witnesses (tois dusin martusin mou). Dative case after dōsō. The article seems to point to two well-known characters, like Elijah, Elisha, but there is no possible way to determine who they are. All sorts of identifications have been attempted.
Clothed (periblēmenous). Perfect passive participle of periballō as often before (Rev 7:9, Rev 7:13; Rev 10:1, etc.). But Aleph A P Q here read the accusative plural in ̇ous, while C has the nominative in ̇oi. Charles suggests a mere slip for the nominative, but Hort suggests a primitive error in early MSS. for the dative peribeblemenois agreeing with martusin.
In sackcloth (sakkous). Accusative retained with this passive verb as in Rev 7:9, Rev 7:13. See Rev 6:12 for sakkos and also Mat 3:4. The dress suited the message (Mat 11:21).