Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE HARLOT BABYLON'S GAUD: THE BEAST ON WHICH SHE RIDES, HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS, SHALL BE THE INSTRUMENT OF JUDGMENT ON HER. (Rev. 17:1-18)
unto me—A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic omit.
many—So A. But B, "the many waters" (Jeremiah 51:13); Revelation 17:15, below, explains the sense. The whore is the apostate Church, just as "the woman" (Revelation 12:1-6) is the Church while faithful. Satan having failed by violence, tries too successfully to seduce her by the allurements of the world; unlike her Lord, she was overcome by this temptation; hence she is seen sitting on the scarlet-colored beast, no longer the wife, but the harlot; no longer Jerusalem, but spiritually Sodom (Revelation 11:8).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 17:1:
Jeremiah 51:13
Revelation 1:1
Revelation 4:6
Revelation 14:4
Revelation 16:13
Revelation 17:5
Revelation 17:15
Revelation 19:6
Revelation 19:8
Revelation 21:9
Revelation 21:9
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