⁵ And ^[a]they were not given authority to kill them, ^(A)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

⁶ In those days ^(A)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

^34 (A)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

^35 (A)By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given ^(A)a reed like a measuring rod. ^[a]And the angel stood, saying, ^(B)“Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. ² But leave out ^(C)the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, ^(D)for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will ^(E)tread the holy city underfoot for ^(F)forty-two months. ³ And I will give power to my two ^(G)witnesses, ^(H)and they will prophesy ^(I)one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”