Revelation 17:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. ”

• Revelation 17:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints - A reeling, intoxicated harlot, for that is the image which is kept up all along. In regard to the phrase “drunken with blood,” compare...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (9) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: (10) and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (9) In manner of deeds: She is re...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Revelation 17:1 . harlot. waters: the description of Babylon in Jeremiah 51:13 , thou that dwellest upon many waters, is here transferred to Rome. [Ultimately it goes back probably still further....

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• Revelation 17:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  saints. See Acts 9:13 . martyrs. See p. 1511. Jesus. App-98. admiration . wonder. In this phrase is the Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6.

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• Revelation 17:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And there came one of the seven angels, &c.— As the seventh seal, and the seventh trumpet, contained more particulars than any of the former seals or trumpets; so the seventh vial contains...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Martyrs - witnesses. I wondered...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Babylon the great Harlot The judgment on Rome, which had been announced before, is now shown in detail. The identification of 'Babylon' with Rome, here and elsewhere in Rev., is supported (HDB.) b...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And upon her forehead... — It was usual with harlots to wear their name on the forehead; but the name here is more than a name. Like the name impressed upon the foreheads of the saints, it is “the...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIII THE BEAST AND BABYLOST. Revelation 17:1-18 AT the close of chap. 16, we reached the end of the three great series of judgments which constitute the chief contents of the Revelatio...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Great World City Overthrown Revelation 17:1-18 This scarlet-attired woman is that miserable attempt made in every age to counterfeit the true Church of the living God. Man does not like the...

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• Revelation 17:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  We now come to the true unfolding of the nature of Babylon and the detailed account of the judgment to fall on her. The name on the forehead of Babylon commences with the word "Mystery." Babylon stan...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman was a...

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• Revelation 17:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints ,.... To see a woman drunk is a shameful sight; but to see one drunk, not with wine, but with blood, is monstrous, cruel, and shocking; the s...

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• Revelation 17:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. Ver. 6. Drunken with the blood, &c....

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• Revelation 17:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I saw the woman , &c. Infamous as the woman is for her idolatry, she is no less detestable for her cruelty, which are the two principal characters of the antichristian empire. She is drunken wi...

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• Revelation 17:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Great Babylon Exposed in View of Judgment The next two Chapter s (17 and 18) deal with great Babylon, her character, her self-exaltation and her judgment. This emphasizes the solemnity of God's vi...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Fall of Babylon. A. D.  95.       1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vi...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And I saw the woman, the papacy, drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; filled with the blood of those holy ones, which she caused to be slain for beari...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Scarlet Woman and the Beast ( Revelation 17:1-18 ). This is a remarkable chapter for in it John rises above himself and foresees the inevitable consequences of history. As with all the great p...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE JUDGMENT ON BABYLON CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES NOTICE that in the Old Testament, harlotry is the frequent representation of apostasy. Babylon stands for the Apostate Church, which is her...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 17:1 . Come (up) hither; I will shew thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters, or nations, as in Revelation 17:15 ; and with whom the kings of the earth ha...

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• Revelation 17:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me; and spake with me, saying. Omit "unto me." This and the...

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• Revelation 17:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Kingdom of Anti-Christ Symbolized by the Great Harlot. The vision of the great harlot:

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• Revelation 17:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 22:20 ; Daniel 7:21 ; Daniel 7:25 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ; Revelation 12:11 ; Revelation 13:15 ; Revelation 13:7 ; Revelation 16:6 ; Revelation 18:20-24 ; Revelation 2:13 ; Revelation 6:10 ;...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Mystic and Commercial Babylon Revelation 17:1-18 and Revelation 18:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth...

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• Revelation 17:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints — So that Rome may well be called, "The slaughter — house of the martyrs." She hath shed much Christian blood in every age; but at length she...

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