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Andκαὶtheir corpseτὸ πτῶμα αὐτῶνwill lieinἐπὶthe streetτῆς πλατείαςof the greatτῆς μεγάληςcity,τῆς πόλεωςwhichἥτιςis calledκαλεῖταιspirituallyπνευματικῶςSodomΣόδομαandκαὶEgypt,Αἴγυπτοςwhereὅπουalsoκαὶtheir Lordὁ κύριος αὐτῶνwas crucified.ἐσταυρώθη
Revelation 11:8
Study it in the app“And their corpse will lie in the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 11:8, word by word
- their corpseπτῶμαptōma
corpse
Dead body, corpse.
Where else “ptōma” appears- the streetπλατείαςplateias
street
A wide city road.
Where else “plateias” appears- of the greatμεγάληςmegalēs
large
Of great size, taking up much space.
Where else “megalēs” appears- cityπόλεωςpoleōs
city, town
City, town.
Where else “poleōs” appears- is calledκαλεῖταιkaleitai
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaleitai” appears- spirituallyπνευματικῶςpneumatikōs
figuratively
As a figure, not literally.
Where else “pneumatikōs” appears- SodomΣόδομαSodoma
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “Sodoma” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAigyptos
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigyptos” appears- whereὅπουhopou
where
Where, wherever.
Where else “hopou” appears- their Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- was crucifiedἐσταυρώθηestaurōthē
crucify
To nail someone to a cross to kill them.
Where else “estaurōthē” appears
Translation note
“Spiritually”: in figurative language. According to the Gospels, the Lord was crucified near Jerusalem (John 19:20); it can be understood that this “great city” is Jerusalem, though in the book “the great city” is also Babylon (16:19; 18:10).
Places in this verse
1Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
7And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war against them and conquer them and kill them.
8 · This verse (above)
9And people from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their corpse for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be placed in a tomb.