Revelation 11:3–12

³I will grant^D my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”^{ae 4}These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord^E of the earth.^{af 5}If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies;^ag if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. ⁶They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.^a They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood^b and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.^c

THE WITNESSES MARTYRED

⁷When they finish their testimony, the beast^d that comes up out of the abyss^e will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them. ⁸Their dead bodies^Ff will lie in the main street^G of the great city,^g which figuratively^H is called Sodom^h and Egypt,ⁱ where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹And some of^I the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations^j will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.^{k 10}Those who live on the earth will gloat^l over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

THE WITNESSES RESURRECTED

¹¹But after three and a half days, the breath^J of life^m from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹²Then they heard^K a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.ⁿ