Revelation 11:13

“And the same hour was there a great earthquake, etc.] Or the same day, as the Complutensian edition, and some copies, read; that is, at the time of the resurrection and ascension of the witnesses, as there was at the resurrection of Christ; and is to be understood of a very great commotion in the civil affairs of kingdoms and nations within the Roman jurisdiction, as there was when Rome Pagan was near its ruin, (<660612>Revelation 6:12). And the tenth part of the city fell. Mr. Daubuz interprets the “earthquake” of the irruption of the Ottomans upon the Grecian empire, and the “tenth” part of the city, of the Greek church, and the falling of it, of its loss of liberty, and falling into…”

“"In that same hour"; literally, "the hour." great earthquake--answering to the "great earthquake" under the sixth seal, just at the approach of the Lord (Rev 6:12). Christ was delivered unto His enemies on the fifth day of the week, and on the sixth was crucified, and on the sabbath rested; so it is under the sixth seal and sixth trumpet that the last suffering of the Church, begun under the fifth seal and trumpet, is to be consummated, before she enters on her seventh day of eternal sabbath. Six is the number of the world power's greatest triumph, but at the same time verges on seven, the divine number, when its utter destruction takes place. Compare "666" in Rev 13:18, "the number of the…”

“And the same hour - In immediate connection with their triumph. Was there a great earthquake - “An earthquake is a symbol of commotion, agitation, change; of great political revolutions, etc. See the notes on Revelation 6:12. The meaning here is, that the triumph of the witnesses, represented by their ascending to heaven, would be followed by such revolutions as would be properly symbolized by an earthquake. And the tenth part of the city fell - That is, the tenth part of that which is represented by the “city” - the persecuting power. A city would be the seat and center of the power, and the acts of persecution would seem to proceed from it; but the destruction, we may suppose, would extend…”

“And there was a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell - We have here an unanswerable proof that this city is not Babylon or Rome, but Jerusalem. For Babylon shall be wholly burned before the fulfilling of the mystery of God. But this city is not burned at all; on the contrary, at the fulfilling of that mystery, a tenth part of it is destroyed by an earthquake, and the other nine parts converted. And there were slain in the earthquake seven thousand men - Being a tenth part of the inhabitants, who therefore were seventy thousand in all. And the rest - The remaining sixty - three thousand were converted: a grand step toward the fulfilling of the mystery of God. Such a conversion…”

“11:13 An earthquake often accompanies key moments in biblical history (see Exod 19:18; 1 Kgs 19:11-12; Matt 27:51). • Seven thousand: The number who died shows God’s involvement in judgment (contrast 1 Kgs 19:18). • everyone else . . . gave glory to the God of heaven: Those who survived the earthquake were forced to acknowledge God’s power and sovereignty over the world (see Phil 2:9-11).”

“was there: Rev 11:19, Rev 6:12, Rev 8:5, Rev 16:18 and the tenth: Rev 8:9-12, Rev 13:1-3, Rev 16:10, Rev 16:19 men: Gr. names of men, Rev 3:4; Gen 6:4; Act 1:15 and the remnant: Rev 11:11 gave: Rev 14:7, Rev 15:4, Rev 16:9; Jos 7:19; Sa1 6:5; Isa 26:15, Isa 26:16; Jer 13:16; Mal 2:2 Revelation 11:14”