"And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the…" — Revelation 11:1

Revelation 11:1 · KJV

“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.”

— Revelation 11:1

Verse 2

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty {and} two months. {leave out: Gr. cast out}

Revelation 11 — Context

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

And I will give {power} unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred {and} threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. {I will give...: or, I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesy}

Cross References

Revelation 21:15

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

Ezekiel 42:15-20

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect {is} toward the east, and measured it round about.

Zechariah 2:1-2

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and {that} the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Ezekiel 40:1-48

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth {day} of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

1 Peter 2:5

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. {are: or, be ye}

Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Ephesians 2:20-22

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner {stone};