Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 11:5 - 11:5

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Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 11:5 - 11:5


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If any man desireth to hurt them (ei tis autous thelei adikēsai). Condition of first class, assumed to be true, with ei and present active indicative (thelei) “if any one wants to hurt” (adikēsai first aorist active infinitive). It is impossible to hurt these two witnesses till they do their work. The fire proceeding out of the mouths of the witnesses is like Elijah’s experience (2Ki 1:10).

Devoureth (katesthiei). “Eats up (down),” present active indicative of katesthiō.

If any man shall desire (ei tis thelēsēi). Condition of third class with ei and first aorist active subjunctive of thelō as in Luk 9:13; Phi 3:12, but MSS. also read either thelei (present active indicative) or thelēsei (future active, condition of the first class like the preceding one. The condition is repeated in this changed form, as less likely to happen and with inevitable death (dei auton apoktanthēnai, must be killed, first aorist passive infinitive of apokteinō with dei).