Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Cross-reference
Revelation 11:13 describes the earthquake that strikes this same great city after the witnesses ascend, showing its partial destruction.
Revelation 11:9 continues the scene: the dead bodies lie in the street and are not buried — a direct narrative continuation.
Revelation 18:24 identifies the great city as guilty of shedding prophets' blood, directly linking to the killed witnesses in Rev 11.
Revelation 18:2 announces the fall of Babylon the great, the same city where the two witnesses were killed.
Revelation 17:5 explicitly names the city as Babylon the great, revealing the identity hinted at in 11:8.
Revelation 17:1 introduces the great prostitute, who is later revealed to be the great city (17:18), linking to the city here.
Revelation 16:19 shows the great city divided and Babylon remembered, connecting the judgment to this same city.
Revelation 14:8 introduces Babylon the great, identifying the city that made all nations drink, linking to the great city here.
Luke 13:33 states a prophet must perish in Jerusalem, reinforcing that the great city where the Lord was crucified is Jerusalem.
Jude 1:7 presents Sodom's punishment as an example of eternal fire — Revelation uses the name Sodom for a city under that same judgment.
2 Peter 2:6 cites Sodom's destruction as an example of judgment for the ungodly — Revelation applies that example to the city where Christ was killed.
Luke 13:34 explicitly calls Jerusalem the city that kills prophets, directly echoing the fate of the two witnesses.
Genesis 13:13 records the wickedness of the historical Sodom, which typifies the great city spiritually called Sodom in Revelation 11:8.
Matthew 10:15 uses Sodom as a benchmark of judgment for rejecting the gospel — Revelation names the city Sodom for crucifying Christ.
Amos 4:11 uses the overthrow of Sodom as a warning to Israel — the same judgment imagery Revelation applies to the great city.
Jeremiah 23:14 compares Jerusalem's prophets to Sodom — another OT instance of using Sodom as a metaphor for a corrupt city of God.
Isaiah 1:10 calls Israel's rulers 'Sodom' — a prophetic precedent for labeling the covenant community with that name, as Revelation does.
Genesis 19:24 records the destruction of Sodom by fire — the OT event Revelation 11:8 symbolically invokes to describe divine judgment on the great city.
In Matthew 23:37, Jesus laments Jerusalem as the city that kills prophets — reinforcing that the 'great city' here is Jerusalem, site of His crucifixion.
Ezekiel 16:46 calls Jerusalem's sister Sodom — directly aligning with Revelation calling Jerusalem 'Sodom' spiritually.
Jeremiah 50:40 compares Babylon's ruin to Sodom's overthrow — same imagery used for the great city in Revelation.
Isaiah 1:21 laments Jerusalem's fall from faithfulness to murder — mirroring Revelation's 'Sodom' label for the same city.
Luke 17:29 describes Sodom's destruction by fire — the symbolic name 'Sodom' here evokes similar divine judgment on the city.
Ezekiel 16:53-55 compares Jerusalem to Sodom in sin and speaks of restoration — Revelation focuses on the judgment side of that comparison.
Psalm 79:3 describes bloodshed and no burial around Jerusalem — echoed in the witnesses' unburied bodies in the great city.
In Psalm 79:2, dead bodies of God's servants are left for birds — an OT parallel to the unburied witnesses here.