Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Drunken with the blood of the saints (mequousan ek tou aimatov twn agiwn). Present active feminine accusative singular participle of mequw, old verb, to be drunk (Matthew 24:49).
Of the martyrs of Jesus (twn marturwn Ihsou). "Witnesses" (Revelation 2:13) for Jesus (objective genitive) unto blood (Revelation 16:6; Revelation 18:24) and so martyrs in the modern sense of the word. "Drunk with blood" is a common idea with the ancients (Euripides, Josephus, Philo, Cicero, Pliny).
With a great wonder (qauma mega). Cognate accusative with eqaumasa.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 17:6:
Acts 22:20
Revelation 2:13
Revelation 14:8
Revelation 17:8
Revelation 18:24
Revelation 22:21
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