CHAP. 17, 18. BABYLON These Chapter s are related to each other something as 11, 12. Those seem between them to give an account of a judgement on Jerusalem, these seem between them to give an account of the judgement on Babylon. But neither account seems to be strictly continuous; in both the histor... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂, ΛΈΓΩΝ. Cyp[574] (_bis_) reads _adgressus est me dicens_. Hipp[575] ἐλάλησέ μοι λέγων. Text. Rec[576] with 1 ἐλ. μετʼ ἐμοῦ λέγων μοι. [574] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. [575] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by Tischendorf are from the newly published 4th book of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 17:1-6 THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE. HER POMP... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΌΡΝΕΥΣΑΝ. א has ἐποίησαν πορνίαν. ΚΑῚ ἘΜΕΘ.… ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ is omitted by Cyp[577] and Primas[578] but recognised by Tyc[579] Text. Rec[580] puts οἱ κατ. τὴν γῆν after αὐτῆς with 1 cop[581] æth[582] [577] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. [578] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [579] Tyconius. [580... [ Continue Reading ]
ΓΈΜΟΝΤΑ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΑ. אcB2 read γέμον ὀνὸματα; Text. Rec[583] γέμον ὀνομάτων with 1 Hipp[584] And[585] [583] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [584] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by Tischendorf are from the newly published 4th book of his commentary on Daniel. [585] Andreas Archbish... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΟΡΝ. ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ. B2 reads τῆς πορν. τῆς γῆς; Cyp[590] Primas[591] _fornicationis totius terrae_; א τῆς πορνίας αὐτῆς καὶ τῆς γῆς. [590] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. [591] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 4. ΠΕΡΙΒΕΒΛΗΜΈΝΗ ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΥ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΚΌΚΚΙΝΟΝ. Protestant interpreters have been fond o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΡΝΩ͂Ν. Lat. _fornicationum_. 5. ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ΜΈΤΩΠΟΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ. Probably not branded on the flesh, but tied on as a label, as Roman harlots actually did wear their names. ΜΥΣΤΉΡΙΟΝ. Interpreters compare “the mystery of lawlessness” in 2 Thessalonians 2:7. The use of the word in Revelation 1:20 may illus... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΕΘΎΟΥΣΑΝ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΑἽΜΑΤΟΣ. With A 1 vg[592] Primas[593] Tyc[594]; א* has μεθ. τῷ αἴματι (Tert[595] _cruore_); אcB2P omit ἐκ. [592] Vulgate. [593] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [594] Tyconius. [595] Tertullian as quoted by Haussleiter. ΜΑΡΤΎΡΩΝ. A reads μαρτυριῶν. 6. ΤΩ͂Ν ἉΓΊΩΝ. Revelation 18:... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΟΙ ἘΡΩ͂. So Text. Rec[596] and Tisch[597] W. H[598] marg. with אP 1 am[599] fu[600]; Lach[601] Treg[602] W. H[603], Weiss read ἐρῶ σοι with AB2. [596] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [597] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. [598] H. Wes... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MYSTERY... [ Continue Reading ]
ὙΠΆΓΕΙΝ. Lach[604] and W. H[605] (text) read ὑπάγει with A; Iren[606] int. Primas[607] _vadit_. [604] Lachmann’s larger edition. [605] H. Westcott aud Hort. [606] St Irenaeus in the old Latin Version. [607] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡΈΣΤΑΙ. Text. Rec[608] reads καίπερ ἐστίν; אc and 1... [ Continue Reading ]
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 meaning of the image, though it is obscurely expressed. But the “wisdom” required is not merely the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙ͂Σ ἙΠΤΆ ΕἸΣΙΝ. “And they [the seven heads] are seven kings”: they have a double significance—standing _both_ for the seven mountains and the seven kings. Who are these kings? According to the view mentioned on Revelation 13:2, that the Beast is not the Roman Empire, but an embodiment of t... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ. א reads οὖτος; B2 καὶ οὖτος. 11. ΚΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The analogy of this Book is in favour of connecting the first two words closely as in A. V[623], “even he is the eighth and is of the seven,” otherwise it might be possible and even preferable to translate “both himself is the eighth an... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤᾺ ΔΈΚΑ ΚΈΡΑΤΑ. If the traditional view now supported by Lagarde be right, that the Fourth Beast in Daniel 7 is the Roman Empire, the ten horns, Daniel 7:24, probably, though the Little Horn is their successor, represent kingdoms related to the Roman Empire as the kingdoms of the Diadochi to that of... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Revelation 19:19-20.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΛΗΤΟῚ ΚΑῚ ἘΚΛΕΚΤΟῚ ΚΑῚ ΠΙΣΤΟΊ. Primas[609] _electi et fideles et vocati_. Tyc[610] _vocati et electi_. 1 κλητοὶ ὄτι ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί. An[611] [612] κλητοὶ ὅτι πιστοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοί. [609] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [610] Tyconius. [611] Andreas’ Augsburg MS. 12th century. [612] Andreas’ A... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΈΓΕΙ. Lach[613] reads εἶπεν with A Latt. [613] Lachmann’s larger edition. 15. ΤᾺ ὝΔΑΤΑ Ἃ ΕἾΔΕΣ. Some compare Isaiah 8:7 for the use of _waters_ as an emblem of _multitudes_. It is noteworthy that when the vision is described Revelation 17:3-8 the waters are not mentioned. ὌΧΛΟΙ. Everywhere else... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΠΥΡΊ. Tisch[614] omits ἐν with אB2P [614] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. 16. ΚΑῚ ΤῸ ΘΗΡΊΟΝ. He (in his personal advent) and they will act together against Babylon as well as the Lamb. ΜΙΣΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ ΤῊΝ ΠΌΡΝΗΝ. If the interpreters who include the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ ΜΊΑΝ ΓΝΏΜΗΝ. Lach[615] omits with A, vg[616] and Tyc[617] Primas[618] reads _ut perficiant quod illi placitum est et esse illos in consensu et metu et tradere bestiae regnum_. [615] Lachmann’s larger edition. [616] Vulgate. [617] Tyconius. [618] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 17. Ὁ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΒΑΣΙΛΈΩΝ. א reads βασιλειῶν. 18. Ἡ ΠΌΛΙΣ Ἡ ΜΕΓΆΛΗ. Again as in Revelation 17:9 the designation of Rome is unmistakeable. The words cannot be glossed, “Babylon is (now represented by) Rome,” but must mean “Babylon _is_ Rome.”... [ Continue Reading ]