there stood other two] The greatnesse of these matters here is set forth by the Angels attendance and desire to look into them, (as 1 Pet. 1. 12.) likewise the certainty by the number of witnesses, two, yea, three in all, as among men the law holdeth that proof sufficient, Deuteronomy 17:6. That certainty must needs import plainnesse in the matter. bank] Heb. lip. of the river] That is, Tigris, of which see Notes on Chap. 10. 4.