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The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11: Difference between revisions
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The reference to the two olive trees is clear: | The reference to the two olive trees is clear: | ||
:''And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” | :''And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord? | ||
:''Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” | :''Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?” He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Zec 4:3–4, 11–14.</ref> | ||
Commentators in general agree that the two men intended are '''Joshua the high priest''', who has already been mentioned in the previous vision, and '''Zerubbabel the governor or representative of the King'''.<ref>David J. Clark and Howard A. Hatton, A Handbook on Zechariah, UBS Handbook Series (New York: United Bible Societies, 2002), 146.</ref> | Commentators in general agree that the two men intended are '''Joshua the high priest''', who has already been mentioned in the previous vision, and '''Zerubbabel the governor or representative of the King'''.<ref>David J. Clark and Howard A. Hatton, A Handbook on Zechariah, UBS Handbook Series (New York: United Bible Societies, 2002), 146.</ref> | ||