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Rev. 11:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the templef of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightningsb, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquaked, and great hail.

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Rev. 15:5,8• ⁵And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of witness in the heaven was opened;
⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. (Rev. 15:5,8)

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Rev. 8:5• ⁵And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake. (Rev. 8:5)

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Rev. 16:18,21• ¹⁸And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
²¹and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great. (Rev. 16:18,21)

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the temple.

Rev. 14:15‑17• ¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send thy sickle and reap; for the hour of reaping is come, for the harvest of the earth is dried.
¹⁶And he that sat on the cloud put his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple which is in the heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. (Rev. 14:15‑17)

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Rev. 15:5‑8• ⁵And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of witness in the heaven was opened;
⁶and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in pure bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles.
⁷And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the fury of God, who lives to the ages of ages.
⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. (Rev. 15:5‑8)

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Rev. 19:11• ¹¹And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness. (Rev. 19:11)

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Isa. 6:1‑4• ¹In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
²Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
³And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!
⁴And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (Isa. 6:1‑4)

the ark.

Ex. 25:21‑22• ²¹And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
²²And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:21‑22)

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Num. 4:5,15• ⁵And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;
¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting. (Num. 4:5,15)

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Num. 10:33• ³³And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah and went three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. (Num. 10:33)

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2 Cor. 3:14‑16• ¹⁴But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
¹⁵But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.
¹⁶But when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.) (2 Cor. 3:14‑16)

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Heb. 9:4‑8• ⁴having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant, covered round in every part with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant;
⁵and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now the time to speak in detail.
⁶Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;
⁷but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
⁸the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the holy of holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has its standing; (Heb. 9:4‑8)

and there were.

Rev. 11:13,15• ¹³And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the remnant were filled with fear, and gave glory to the God of the heaven.
¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 11:13,15)

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Rev. 4:5• ⁵And out of the throne go forth lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and seven lamps of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; (Rev. 4:5)

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Rev. 8:5• ⁵And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake. (Rev. 8:5)

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Rev. 16:18• ¹⁸And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great. (Rev. 16:18)

and great.

Rev. 8:7• ⁷And the first sounded his trumpet: and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (Rev. 8:7)

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Rev. 16:21• ²¹and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great. (Rev. 16:21)

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Ex. 9:18‑29• ¹⁸Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
¹⁹And now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home--on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
²⁰He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
²¹But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
²²And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
²³And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
²⁴And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
²⁵And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
²⁶Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
²⁷And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous one, but I and my people are the wicked ones.
²⁸Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder of God and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer!
²⁹And Moses said to him, When I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's. (Ex. 9:18‑29)

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Josh. 10:11• ¹¹And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel,--they were at the descent of Beth-horon,--that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword. (Josh. 10:11)

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Job 38:22‑23• ²²Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
²³Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war? (Job 38:22‑23)

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Psa. 18:12• ¹²From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:12)

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Psa. 105:32• ³²He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land; (Psa. 105:32)

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Isa. 28:2• ²Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, as a storm of hail and a destroying tempest; as a storm of mighty waters overflowing, shall he cast down to the earth with might. (Isa. 28:2)

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Isa. 30:30• ³⁰And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones. (Isa. 30:30)

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Isa. 32:19• ¹⁹And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. (Isa. 32:19)

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Ezek. 13:11• ¹¹say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth. (Ezek. 13:11)

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Ezek. 38:22• ²²And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, overflowing rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone. (Ezek. 38:22)

• In verse 19 I think that the opening of the temple in heaven marks a new portion of the book, and that it is therefore connected, not so much with what went before, as with what follows (“Lectures on Revelation 11:1-18” by W. Kelly)

• The temple of God then is opened in heaven, and there was seen in it the ark of His covenant, the pledge of His faithfulness to His people. (“Lectures on Revelation 12” by W. Kelly)

• the ark of His covenant is seen, the sure pledge of mercy, and sign of faithfulness to His people. But still the circumstances were such as called for judgment; and accordingly "there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail,"* all of which were the tokens of God's judgment. (“Lectures on Revelation 12” by W. Kelly)

• Temple Opened: The public recommencement of God’s dealings with the Jews on earth from heaven. (“Revelation 11 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

• Ark of the Covenant: Sign of God’s faithfulness to Israel; the outward link of His connection with His people. (“Revelation 11 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

• Lightnings, etc.: (See Rev. 8:5; 16:18). (“Revelation 11 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the temple of God in the heaven was openedk, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "and the temple of God was opened in the heaven."

W. Kelly Translation

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Anda there was opened the temple of God [that isb] in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of hisc covenantd in his temple; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders [and an earthquakee] and great hail.

WK Translation Notes

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a

The Revisers are right in separating verse 19, as indeed it is the introduction to the vision that follows, rather than the conclusion of chapter 11. It is amazing that the true relation of this verse escaped the notice of so many able Christian men, owing perhaps to the mere fact of its being unfortunately tacked to the end of chapter 11, instead of opening the new division commencing with chapter 12.

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The true reading is probably "which is in heaven," I do not say that it is "the true reading." In 1860 I bracketed the article before "in" as doubtful; I should be disposed to do the same in 1871, even as later critics think on good authority, though the omission of the article in some of the best MSS. must make it doubtful.

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Some MSS. read "his covenant," others "the covenant of the Lord."

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"Testament" is all wrong, and everywhere except in {vi 30122-30123}{/vi}.

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Some Edd. accept the reading "and an earthquake," others omit.