Revelation 11:9 Meaning and Explanation
“And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →People from every nation gaze on the unburied bodies for three and a half days, refusing to let them be buried.
What Does Revelation 11:9 Mean?
The whole watching world is drawn in. People from every people, tribe, tongue, and nation gaze upon the dead bodies of the witnesses for three and a half days, and they will not permit the bodies to be laid in a grave. The global audience underscores how widely the witnesses had been heard and hated.
The three and a half days mirror the three and a half years of their ministry, a brief span of apparent triumph for those who opposed them. Yet the very refusal to bury them sets the stage for God's answer. What the world means as final humiliation, the Lord will turn into the platform for His vindication. The watching nations will soon see something they never expected.
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What does Revelation 11:9 mean?
People from every nation gaze on the unburied bodies for three and a half days, refusing to let them be buried.