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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 94:17
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Unless the Lord had been my help, etc.] Against her enemies, which were so many and mighty, and her friends so few and feeble, and having no heart to defend her cause; especially this will be the case at the time of the slaying of the witnesses; but the Lord will appear, and help her; the Spirit of life, from him, shall enter into them, and cause them to live again, and to ascend up to heaven; and shall destroy great numbers of their enemies, and the rest shall be frightened, and give glory to God, (<661111>Revelation 11:11-13), my soul had almost dwelt in silence; or “within a little”, or “must quickly” ; not only have been, but must have dwelt, continued in silence, in the grave; (see <19B517>Psalm 115:17) his case being desperate, like that of the apostles, when they had the sentence of death within themselves, (<470110>2 Corinthians 1:10), this is to be understood not of the soul precisely, and abstractly considered, which dies not, nor is it silent after death; but of the whole person, being a part for the whole; and of the person, with respect to the mortal part, the body, which only dies, and while in a state of separation, or in the grave, is silent, and ceases from all operations of life: perhaps this may have some respect to the silencing of the witnesses, which is a principal thing meant by the slaying of them; a stop put to their ministrations, partly by the edicts of their enemies, and partly by the discouragement of their friends, their shyness, and negligence of them; and which silence will be almost total, if not altogether; though it will last but for a short time; they shall not dwell or continue in silence, but will open their mouths again; signified by the angel flying through the midst of heaven, with the everlasting Gospel, (<661406>Revelation 14:6). f1349
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