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Revelation 11 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in verses 15 and 17-18.
Woe
John describes several "woes" in the book of Revelation. This chapter describes a second and third "woe" announced at the end of Chapter 8.
Special concepts in this chapter
Gentiles
The word "Gentiles" here refers to ungodly people groups and not Gentile Christians. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly)
Two witnesses
Scholars have suggested many different ideas about these two witnesses. Translators do not need to understand this passage to accurately translate it. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)
Bottomless pit
This image is seen several times in the Book of Revelation. It is a picture of hell as being inescapable and the opposite direction as heaven. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hell)