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 Jerusalem, and not, as I interpret it, the whole world, because it says "where also their Lord was crucified," but I do not think this is the meaning, because the preceding words qualify the expression,—"the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified." The term "spiritually" evidently qualifies all that follows in the sentence, not only the words "Sodom and Egypt," but also the concluding words, "where also their Lord was crucified." I think, therefore, that it means, wherever spiritually our Lord has been crucified, that is, wherever men have crucified Him afresh by mortal sin after baptism, in other words, all over the world.

That the two witnesses will not be totally rooted out, and utterly annihilated, I gather from the next verse: "And they of the tribes, and peoples, and tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies for three days and a half; and they shall not suffer their bodies to be laid in sepulchres." From these words, it is clear the Church will still be visible, and still œcumenical, composed of all nations, tongues, tribes, and peoples. From the same text, I gather that the duration of this persecution will be for three days and a half, that is, for three years and a half: and this persecution will be the finishing stroke of Satan, his last effort before the com-