Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Revelation 17:7
The angel promiseth to open this vision, it being the key of the former vision, and is the only vision expounded throughout this whole book.
The angel promiseth to open this vision, it being the key of the former vision, and is the only vision expounded throughout this whole book.
Verse Revelation 17:7. _AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO ME, WHEREFORE DIDST THOU_ _MARVEL! I WILL TELL THEE THE MYSTERY OF THE WOMAN, AND OF THE_ _BEAST THAT CARRIED HER, WHICH HATH THE SEVEN HEADS AND TEN H...
AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO ME, WHEREFORE DIDST THOU MARVEL? - He was doubtless struck with the appearance of John as he stood fixed in astonishment. The question asked him, “why” he wondered, was designe...
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 17:1. 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. The ma...
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...
MARVEL. As "wonder", verses: Revelation 17:6; Revelation 17:8....
The Interpretation of the Mystery, Revelation 17:7-18 7. _Wherefore didst thou marvel?_ Again the word should be WONDER. For the angel's surprise at the seer not comprehending at once, see on Revelat...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MYSTERY...
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_BABYLON'S EVIL KINGS COME AND GO REVELATION 17:7-10:_ John is amazed at what he sees. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I...
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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...
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON...
__ 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...
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...
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 exp...
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....
An explanation of the vision, cautiously but clearly outlining the Nero-saga....
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...
The angel asks John why he was awed and says he will tell who the woman and the beast are....
(11) 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. (11) The second p...
(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...
AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO ME,.... The same as in Revelation 17:1 WHEREFORE DIDST THOU MARVEL? which is not said by way of reproof, as questions of this kind sometimes are, Acts 3:12 for John did not wo...
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. Ver. 7. _Wherefore di...
_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 with th...
The mystery of the woman:...
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....
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...
_ 7 But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns._ A. The angel with John not...
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 17:7 But G2532 angel G32 said G2036 (G5627) me G3427 Why G1302 marvel G2296 (G5656) I...
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...
‘And the angel said to me, “Why did you wonder? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast who carries her, who has the seven heads and ten horns. The beast which you saw was and...
Revelation 17:7. The angel proceeds to explain what St. John had seen, taking the two parts of the vision in inverted order; first, the beast (Revelation 17:8-14), and secondly, the woman (Revelation...
I WILL TELL THEE THE MYSTERY (εγω ερω σο το μυστηριον). The angel gives his interpretation of the woman and the beast (Revelation 17:7-18). Ερω is the future active of ειπον (defective verb), to te...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...
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...
I WILL TELL YOU THE SECRET MEANING. The woman sits on the red beast (Revelation 17:3), and they are one in _purpose and intent._ Worldly people drink the wine of her immorality and experience her plea...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 17:1 An extended vision describes the fall of Babylon. This event was announced by an angel (Revelation 14:8) and portrayed in the seventh bowl ...
The angel said: "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her." That is what we want to know. In the eighth verse we are told he shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,...
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...
_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 GREAT ADMIRATION._ The woman is drunk with the blood of th...
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...
Revelation 17:1; Revelation 17:8...
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...
I will tell thee the mystery — The hidden meaning of this....