Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Revelation 17:13
They shall all be papists, and for a while shall employ all their power and strength to uphold the popish religion.
They shall all be papists, and for a while shall employ all their power and strength to uphold the popish religion.
Verse Revelation 17:13. _THESE HAVE ONE MIND, AND SHALL GIVE THEIR POWER AND_ _STRENGTH UNTO THE BEAST__._] Therefore the ten horns must constitute the principal strength of the Latin empire; that is...
THESE HAVE ONE MIND - That is, they are united in the promotion of the same object. Though in some respects wholly independent of each other, yet they may be regarded as, in fact, so far united that t...
CHAPTER S 17-18 Babylon, the Harlot, and Her judgment _ 1. The description of the woman (Revelation 17:1)_ 2. The angel's interpretation (Revelation 17:7) 3. The desolation of the whore ...
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 explanation is: The...
THE GREAT HARLOT. The sixteenth chapter presents the series of historical events that lead to the overthrow of spiritual Babylon. Our interpretation of these has been for the most part determined by t...
THE FALL OF ROME (Revelation 17:1-18) One of the seven angels, who had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me. "Come here," he said, "and I will show you the judgment of the great harlot, who sits up...
MIND. App-177. SHALL GIVE. The texts read "they give", i.e. of their own free will. POWER. App-172.1 and Rev 176:1. STRENGTH. App-172....
_shall give their power and strength_&c. Cf. Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:19-20....
ΟὟΤΟΙ—ΔΙΔΌΑΣΙΝ. The order in this clause and in the next corresponds to that of ordinary Greek more nearly than in Revelation 14:4, where the structure is similar: for the sense cf. Revelation 16:14;...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MYSTERY...
_BABYLON'S KINGS AND ALLIES HAVE ONE MIND REVELATION 17:11-13:_ The ten kings are Rome's allies that had been given power for a short time. They sided with Rome and were part of her evil so that Rome...
ΓΝΏΜΗ (G1106) мнение, намерение. Единство десяти означает, что они все поддерживают зверя (Swete). ΈΧΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Praes._ описывает будущее событие Δ уверенностью,...
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 meanin...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 58 Text Revelation 17:6-18 6 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 a gre...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVII MYSTERIOUS BABYLON SITTING UPON THE BEASTS _Text (Revelation 17:1-18)_ 1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, sayin...
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. ONE MIND, [ gnoomeen (G1106)] - one sentiment. SHALL GIVE. So Coptic; but 'Aleph (') A B, Syriac, 'give.' STRENGTH -...
__ The Temple Section-The Scarlet Woman 1 The following Chapter s (17- Rev_19:5) are a detailed expansion of the announcement of Babylon's fall in both the first and second divisions of the Temple S...
17:13 mind, (b-4) _ Nous_ , ver. 9 and ch. 13.18, [understanding]. see Note 1 Corinthians 1:5 . _ Gnome_ in vers. 13,17 only; the mind expressed; as 'opinion,' 1 Corinthians 1:10 ;...
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.) by th...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 17 GOD DESTROYS BABYLON - REVELATION 17:1-19 THE *BEAST AND THE EVIL WOMAN - REVELATION 17:1-18...
CHAPTER XIII THE BEAST AND BABYLOST. Revelation 17:1 AT the close of chap. 16, we reached the end of the three great series of judgments which constitute the chief contents of the Revelation of St....
Revelation 17:12-18 : the campaign of Nero and his vassal-kings against Rome, which is slain by an arrow feathered from her own wings....
An explanation of the vision, cautiously but clearly outlining the Nero-saga....
This political application of the _ten horns_ probably means either the Parthian satraps of Revelation 16:12, reckoned in round numbers, who occupied a royal position in the estimation of the East (so...
THE GREAT WORLD CITY OVERTHROWN Revelation 17:1 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 religion...
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 stand...
Naturally, such kings who draw their power from another will be minded to do as the other instructs and will give all its strength to that end....
(29) These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (29) That is, by consent and agreement, that they may conspire with the beast, and depend on his call. Their story is...
_These have one design, to make themselves as happy as they can in this world: and their power they shall give to the beast, being always slaves of the devil. (Witham)_...
(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 that...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The Bowl Judgments I. INTRODUCTION A. We have just finished with the final seven bowl judgments of the Lord upon the earth, and the seas, and the atmosphere! 1. The earth is in total chaos and the...
The characters of Babylon are first portrayed. Like the beast, she is only one thing in the judgment but morally she is more important than all the rest. The general character is the great active idol...
THESE HAVE ONE MIND,.... The princes of these kingdoms, and their subjects, become, in time, of one religion; first they were Arians, and then Papists; and for a long series of time there was great un...
These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. Ver. 13. _These have one mind_] This is the unity or rather conspiracy of the Church of Rome. The Spouse only is but one,...
_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 existing, an...
The explanation of the heads, the beasts, and the horns:...
THESE HAVE ONE MIND, AND SHALL GIVE THEIR POWER AND STRENGTH UNTO THE BEAST....
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 view o...
_ 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast._ A. They all share power with the beast. False religions seek the support and backing of the governments. While...
7-14 The beast on which the woman sat was, and is not, and yet is. It was a seat of idolatry and persecution, and is not; not in the ancient form, which was pagan: yet it is; it is truly the seat of...
Revelation 17:13 These G3778 are G2192 (G5719) one G3391 mind G1106 and G2532 give G1239 (G5719) their...
‘These have one mind and they give their power and authority to the beast. These shall war against the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, and those who a...
THE SCARLET WOMAN AND THE BEAST (REVELATION 17:1). This is a remarkable chapter for in it John rises above himself and foresees the inevitable consequences of history. As with all the great prophets h...
Revelation 17:13. THESE HAVE ONE MIND, AND THEY GIVE THEIR POWER AND AUTHORITY UNTO THE BEAST. So had it been with the second beast (chap. Revelation 13:12), and so with the harlot (chap. Revelation 1...
HAVE ONE MIND (μιαν γνωμην εχουσιν). "One purpose" (γνωμη from γινωσκω) as in Acts 20:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10. The new powers are allies of the beast.THEY GIVE THEIR POWER AND AUTHORITY UNTO THE BEAS...
CONTENTS: The doom of Babylon, the last great ecclesiastical order. CHARACTERS: Christ, John, 7 angels, beast. CONCLUSION: There will be in the Tribulation period a great apostate ecclesiastical syst...
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 have co...
THE TEN HORNS. The ten "horn-kings" who "rule as kings for one hour with the beast" symbolize all the important and influential men of every activity [art, education, commerce', industry, government,...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 17:12 The beast’s TEN HORNS, symbolizing TEN KINGS, probably represent all of the earth’s kings. They are deceived and gathered by the dragon and the beast for a final re...
These verses tell us about the horns of the beast. He had not only seven heads; but ten horns. These ten horns were ten kings, not kings sitting on the throne of Rome, as I understand, but those kings...
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 here f...
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 following c...
_13 THESE HAVE ONE MIND, AND SHALL GIVE THEIR POWER AND STRENGTH UNTO THE BEAST._ The ten rulers will think alike. All their power and strength will be used to carry out the wishes of the Beast Anti...
In chapter seventeen, we now have the specific judgment of God upon the false religious system that has damned the souls of so many men through deception. Jesus warned us to "beware of false prophets...
Acts 4:28; Ezekiel 38:10; Isaiah 10:5; Philippians 1:27; Philippia
Mind [γ ν ω μ η ν]. Meaning primarily the faculty of knowing, mind, reason; then that which is thought or known; opinion, purpose. See Acts 20:3; 1 Corinthians 7:25; Philippians 1:14. Shall give [δ ι...
MYSTIC AND COMMERCIAL BABYLON Revelation 17:1 _and Revelation 18:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of Revelation discusses what we call mystic Babylon; and the eighteenth presents commer...