Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt… This passage strikingly identifies the Master and the servants — our Lord and His witnesses. They were to suffer as He suffered and where He suffered: one with Him in life and death, in shame and glory; one with Him on the Cross, in the grave, in resurrection, in ascension, and on the throne. "Where also our Lord was crucified." It is the last reference to the Cross of Christ in the Bible, and corresponds well with that frequent expression in the Revelation, "the Lamb slain"; carrying us back to "the seed of the woman" and "the bruised heel." 1. It was the place of guilt and condemnation (Matthew 27:22, 26, 28). 2. It was the place of shame (Hebrews 12:2). 3. It was the place of weakness (2 Corinthians 13:4). 4. It was the place of pain (Hebrews 13:12). 5. The place of the curse (Galatians 3:13). 6. The place of rejection (John 19:6). 7. The place of hatred (Matthew 27:25). 8. The place of death (Matthew 20:18, 19). (H. Bonar, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. |
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