2 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.



Ver. 2. But the court] The antichristian rout, cast out as reprobate silver, as refuse stuff, not worth the measuring.



Given unto the Gentiles] Antichrist and his adherents. Pa-pagans are no better than Pagans. "Are ye not the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord," Amo_9:7.



The holy city] The true Church. See Dan_7:21; Eph_2:19.



Forty and two months] This number is one and the same with 1260 days. The allusion is unto Dan_7:25.