...the two prophets' dead bodies, as aforesaid. CHAP. LIII. . 1. THEREFORE it is said, that the Gentiles shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer them to be put in graves ; for the Gentiles had as much respect unto the letter of the scriptures as...

...within which, likewise, our Lord was crucified." "And they (». e. some) of the people, and kindred, and tongues, and nations, shall see their dead bodies...half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put into graves." There may be some doubt on the first reading of this verse, whether the opposition to...

...against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." The two witnesses here mentioned we take to be the Old and New Testaments, see Zechariah, iv. The angel...

...described by St. John as taking place in Jerusalem. " Their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, (which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,) where also our LORD was crucified." Now here a remark may be made. At first sight, I suppose, we should not consider that there was much...

...against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9. And they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, and nations, shall see their dead bodies three...

..." And (some) of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, shall see their dead bodies for three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put into monuments."— Whether this is to be taken in the sense of inhumanity or of kindness, is doubtful,...

...against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom...our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindred and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer...

...Gentiles " ? At verse 8 of this chapter, it is said, " And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." Here, it may be observed, are two circumstances mentioned, which were literally applicable to Jerusalem....

...against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of 8 the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom...also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people 9 and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall...

...the holy seer might well say, as he does in v. 9, " they of the people, [ie of the D^a, T« t&vij] and kindreds and tongues and nations, shall see their dead bodies three days and a half." In other words : Jews and heathen, who are the enemies of God and his Christ, unite as Herod and Pontius...