Revelation 17:6

Revelation 17:6

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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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
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Revelation 18:24
Revelation 22:21

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