{If any man desireth to hurt them} (ei tis autous thelei
adik(8873)ai). Condition of first class, assumed to be true, with
ei and present active indicative ( helei) "if any one wants
to hurt" (adik(8873)ai first aorist active infinitive). It is
impossible to hurt these two witnesses till they do their work.
The fire proceeding out of the mouths of the witnesses is like
Elijah's experience ( 2Ki 1:10 ). {Devoureth} (katesthiei).
"Eats up (down)," present active indicative of katesthi(935c). {If
any man shall desire} (ei tis thel(8873)(8869)). Condition of third
class with ei and first aorist active subjunctive of hel(935c) as
in Lu 9:13 Php 3:12 , but MSS. also read either helei
(present active indicative) or hel(8873)ei (future active,
condition of the first class like the preceding one. The
condition is repeated in this changed form, as less likely to
happen and with inevitable death (dei auton apoktanth(886e)ai, must
be killed, first aorist passive infinitive of apoktein(935c) with
dei).
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