Revelation 18:20

καὶ οἱ�. With אAB2P am[674] fu[675] Primas[676]; Text. Rec[677] omits καὶ οἱ with C 1 vg[678][674] Codex Amiatinus 6th century in Laurentian Library at Florence.

[675] Codex Fuldensis 6th century at Fulda.
[676] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.
[677] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
[678] Vulgate.

20. εὐφραίνου ἐπʼ αὐτῇ. Revelation 12:12. There may be a reminiscence of Jeremiah 51:48. We cannot tell if the words are those of the Angel of Revelation 18:1, of the voice of Revelation 18:4, or of the seer himself: perhaps the second is most likely.

ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ κρίμα ὑμῶν. Lit., “judged your judgement,” condemned her for her condemnation of you. Notice the mention of “apostles” as well as other “saints,” as proving that apostles suffered in Rome; and so confirming the unanimous tradition as to the martyrdom there of SS. Peter and Paul. Notice also (in reference to the theory mentioned on Revelation 2:2) St John’s recognition of the latter as an apostle. Whether he had himself been condemned to death at Rome cannot be determined: the tradition to that effect was ancient, but not demonstrably so ancient, nor so widespread or so confirmed by scriptural evidence (see on St John’s Gospel Revelation 21:18-19).