The Two Witnesses

11 Then a ^[a](A)measuring rod like a staff was given to me, ^(B)saying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. ² And ^[b]leave out the ^(C)court which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for ^(D)it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will ^(E)trample ^(F)the holy city under foot for ^(G)forty-two months. ³ And I will give authority to my two ^(H)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(I)1,260 days, clothed in ^(J)sackcloth.” ⁴ These are the ^(K)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wishes to harm them, ^(L)fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, ^(M)he must be killed in this way. ⁶ These have the authority to ^(N)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(O)the days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to ^(P)turn them into blood, and ^(Q)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

⁷ And when they have finished their witness, ^(R)the beast that comes up out of the ^(S)abyss will ^(T)make war with them and overcome them and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^(U)great city which spiritually is called ^(V)Sodom and ^(W)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And those from ^(X)the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ^[c]bodies for three and a half days, and ^[d](Y)will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰ And ^(Z)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate and ^(AA)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(AB)those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days, ^(AC)the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. ¹² And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^(AD)Come up here.” Then they ^(AE)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.