Revelation 17:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 17:4

2 ^awith whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and ^bthe inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 So he carried me away in the Spirit ^ainto the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting ^bon a scarlet beast which was full of ^cnames of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 The woman ^awas arrayed in purple and scarlet, ^band adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, ^chaving in her hand a golden cup ^dfull of abominations and the filthiness of¹ her fornication.

5 And on her forehead a name was written: ^aMYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 I saw ^athe woman, drunk ^bwith the blood of the saints and with the blood of ^cthe martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the¹ mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and ^awill ascend out of the bottomless pit and ^bgo to perdition. And those who ^cdwell on the earth ^dwill marvel, ^ewhose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and² yet is.

9 ^a“Here is the mind which has wisdom: ^bThe seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

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Definitions of words in Revelation 17:4:

Band {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Cup {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Cup {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fornication {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Fornication {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gold {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gold {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hand {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Precious {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Purple {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Scarlet {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Scarlet {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Revelation 17:4:

Antichrist {Easton's}

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