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Rev_11:11. sq. The resuscitation, and ascension to heaven, of the two witnesses. πνεὺμα ζωῆς , “A spirit of life.” Cf. Gen_6:17; Gen_2:7.[2899] Incorrectly, Hengstenb.: The spirit of life.
έκ τοῦ θεοῦ . “Immediately, miraculously.”[2900]
εἰσῆλθεν έν αὐτοις . “Came” (into them, and remained) “in them.” Cf. Luk_9:46; Winer, p. 385.
καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτων . The more clearly this is meant as a sign of revivification,[2901] and the more definitely it is said, Rev_11:12, ἀνέβησαν εἰς τ . ουρ . ἐν τ . νεφ ., the less is it to be urged that here the expression ἐγείρεσθαι or ἀνάστασις is avoided.[2902]
κ . φόβος μέγας , κ . τ . λ . Concerning the expression, cf. Luk_1:12; concerning the thing itself, Mat_27:54. The resuscitation of the witnesses proved that the Lord, in whose name they came forth, has the power to avenge the indignity shown his servants.
καὶ ἤκουσα . The reading ἤκουσαν ,—approved also by Ew. ii.,—whereby the same subject is to be understood as in ἀνέβησαν , cannot be defended by a comparison with the entirely heterogeneous passage, Joh_5:28.[2903] A declaration directed to the witnesses would be designated after the manner of Rev_6:11.[2904] The καὶ ἥκουσα properly supported by Beng., Ew. i., De Wette, is incomparably more suitable; also in Rev_6:6, Rev_9:13, John hears voices directed to others, whose consequences he then beholds. The call ἀνάβατε ὠδε [2905] finds its fulfilment, immediately afterwards, before the eyes of the enemies: καὶ ἀνέβησαν , κ . τ . λ . In this final glorification, the two witnesses are less like Elijah,[2906] than their Lord himself,[2907] as also their death was expressly compared with his crucifixion, Rev_11:8.
[2899] Beng., etc.
[2900] Beng.
[2901] Cf. 2Ki_13:21; Eze_37:10.
[2902] Against Ebrard, who finds in this an indication of its figurative significance.
[2903] Hengstenb.
[2904] Cf. also Rev_9:4.
[2905] Cf. Rev_4:1.
[2906] 2Ki_2:11.
[2907] Cf. especially with the ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ (Act_1:9).