Revelation 17:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. ”

• Revelation 17:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom - Here is what requires wisdom to interpret it; or, here is a case in which the mind that shows itself able to explain it will evince true sagacity. So in...

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• Revelation 17:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (16) And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The (c) seven heads (17) are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (16) An exhortation preparing for the readers in the same argument, as that o...

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• Revelation 17:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Revelation 17:9 . seven mountains: Rome was described as the city of the seven hills. Revelation 17:10 . seven kings: this is a second interpretation of the heads. The most probable explanatio...

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• Revelation 17:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  And. Omit. mind. Same as "understanding" in Revelation 13:18 . wisdom. Compare App-132. The... sitteth. This belongs to Revelation 17:10 . are. i.e. represent. on. App-104.

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• Revelation 17:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Here is the mind which hath wisdom - It was said before, Revelation 13:18 , Here is wisdom....

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• Revelation 17:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And the angel said unto me, &c.— It was not thought sufficient to represent these things only in vision, and therefore the angel undertakes to explain the mystery, the mystic sense or secret...

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• Revelation 17:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Compare Revelation 13:18 ; Daniel 12:10 . Spiritual discernment is needed to understa...

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• Revelation 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And here is the mind... — Better, Here (omit “and”) is the mind, &c. Attention is asked to the fuller explanation which follows. It needs true wisdom to behold many incidents of the world’s...

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• Revelation 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (7) And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (8) The beast tha...

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• Revelation 17:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom ,.... This refers either to what goes before, concerning the beast, his various states, rise, and ruin, and his admirers; or to what follows after, concerning...

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• Revelation 17:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Ver. 9. Here is the mind ] q.d. Here is work for wise men to busy their brains about....

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• Revelation 17:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The beast that thou sawest , &c. The mystery of the beast is first explained, and the beast is considered first in general, ( Revelation 17:8 ,) under a threefold state or succession, as exist...

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• Revelation 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Fall of Babylon. A. D.  95.       7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I...

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• Revelation 17:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom; that is, here is that which requireth a mind endued with spiritual wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth; the seven head...

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• Revelation 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - 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 17:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth.

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• Revelation 17:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 12:4 ; Daniel 12:8-10 ; Hosea 14:9 ; Matthew 13:11 ; Matthew 24:15 ; Revelation 13:18 ; Revelation 13:1 ; Revelation 17:18 ; Revelation 17:3 ; Revelation 17:7

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• Revelation 17:9 - 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 17:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Here is the mind that hath wisdom — Only those who are wise will understand this. The seven heads are seven hills.

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