Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
For if the blessed prophets who preceded us did not choose to proclaim these things, though they knew them, openly and boldly, lest they should disquiet the souls of men, but recounted them mystically in parables and dark sayings, speaking thus, "Here is the mind which hath wisdom,"[70]
Verse Revelation 17:9. _HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HATH WISDOM._] It was said before, Revelation 13:18, _Here is wisdom. Let him that hath A MIND, or understanding_, (νουν,) _count the number of the beas...
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 Revela...
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...
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....
_And here_ Omit "and." Compare Revelation 13:18. As there, the words seem to indicate that "the mind which hath wisdom" will recognise the meaning of the image, though it is obscurely expressed. But t...
ὮΔΕ is omitted in B2 so that the ὁ νοῦς is the subject of παρέσται. 9. ὯΔΕ Ὁ ΝΟΥ͂Σ. Compare Revelation 13:18. As there, the words seem to indicate that “the mind which hath wisdom” will recognise the...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MYSTERY...
_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...
ΝΟΎΣ (G3563) ум, понимание. Это призыв к бдительности и вниманию (Swete). ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΌΠΟΥ (G3699) где. ΚΆΘΗΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть...
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...
_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...
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...
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Compare ; . Spiritual discernment is needed to understand the symbolical prophecy. SEVEN HE...
__ 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...
17:9 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 ;...
HERE _is_ THE MIND, etc.] i.e. a wise man will be able to understand that which follows. The expression challenges the reader's attention: cp. Revelation 13:8....
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 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 histor...
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....
ὄρη, _cf._ Prop. iii. 11, 57 (“Septem urbs alta iugis, quae praesidet orbi”), Verg. _Georg_. ii. 534....
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...
Generally, wisdom is the application of knowledge. The seven heads are both seven mountains and seven kings. Some have said the seven mountains are obviously those on which Rome was built and the seve...
(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 of...
Seven mountains. We have already observed that ancient Rome stood upon seven mountains. The same cannot be said of modern Rome, as some of the hills are not inhabited. --- The seven heads....are seven...
(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 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 the...
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. _Sa...
_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...
HATH WISDOM; to understand the meaning of this description, and to whom it properly applies. SEVEN MOUNTAINS; on which Rome, the seat of her empire and that of the beast which supported her, was buil...
The explanation of the heads, the beasts, and the horns:...
AND HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HATH WISDOM. THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITTETH....
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...
_ 9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits._ A. Wisdom is needed here. Seek to understand these things. B. The seven heads are mountains. Som...
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...
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 heads_ wh...
Revelation 17:9 Here G5602 mind G3563 which G3588 has G2192 (G5723) wisdom G4678 seven G2033 heads G2776 are...
‘Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. And they are seven kings, five are fallen, the one is and the other has not yet come, and when he comes...
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...
HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HATH WISDOM (Hωδε ο νους ο εχων σοφιαν). "Here is the intelligence which has wisdom" (Charles). A variation of Revelation 13:18, but the same idea.SEVEN MOUNTAINS (επτα ορη...
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 SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN HILLS. Note that both the beast and Babylon ARE IN EXISTENCE as John writes this! The seven hills clearly speak of Rome, as Revelation 17:18 also shows. Imperial Rome, center...
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 ...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 17:9 The city of Rome rests on SEVEN MOUNTAINS (or seven hills). In prophetic imagery, mountains symbolize the place of power (J
"And here is the mind that hath wisdom" or here is the place to exercise your mind and gain wisdom. Here we will see great light on these problems. "The seven heads are seven mountains on which the wo...
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...
_8 THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT; AND SHALL ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND GO INTO PERDITION: AND THEY THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH SHALL WONDER, WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT WRITTEN IN THE BO...
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...
Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:8; Hosea 14:9; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 24:15;...
Here is [ω δ ε]. Bespeaking attention and spiritual discernment for that which follows. See on ch. Revelation 13:18. The mind [ο ν ο υ ς]. Nouv is the organ of mental perception and apprehension - o...
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...
Here is the mind that hath wisdom — Only those who are wise will understand this. The seven heads are seven hills....
Here the angel cometh directly to declare and unfold the mystery of the beast, premising first, that it requires heavenly wisdom in. person to understand it, and apply the marks accordingly. HERE IS T...