Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Revelation 17:2
earth. App-129.
have. Omit.
the inhabiters, &c. The texts rend "they that inhabit the earth were made drunken", &c.
earth. App-129.
have. Omit.
the inhabiters, &c. The texts rend "they that inhabit the earth were made drunken", &c.
Verse Revelation 17:2. _WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED_ _FORNICATION, AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH HAVE BEEN MADE DRUNK_ _WITH THE WINE OF HER FORNICATION._] What an awful pictur...
WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION - Spiritual adultery. The meaning is, that papal Rome, unfaithful to God, and idolatrous and corrupt, had seduced the rulers of the earth, a...
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...
_with whom the kings_, &c. Isaiah 23:17. _the inhabiters_&c. Jeremiah 51:7....
Revelation 17:1-6 THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE. HER POMP...
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...
_BABYLON AND THE GREAT HARLOT REVELATION 17:1-6:_ The Harlot sits upon many waters or controls many people. The judgment of God against the Harlot or the spiritually corrupt Rome was certain. She was...
ΈΠΌΡΝΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΌΡΝΕΎΩ (G4203) участвовать в блуде, принимать участие в незаконных сексуальных отношениях. Опять же имеется в виду религиозное отступничество, ΈΜΕΘΎΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. p...
AND THERE CAME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS, &C.— As the _seventh seal,_ and the _seventh trumpet,_ contained more particulars than any of the former seals or trumpets; so the_seventh vial_ contains more t...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 57 Text Revelation 17:1-5 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the grea...
_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...
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. DRUNK WITH - `owing to.' It cannot be pagan, but...
__ 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...
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....
Tyre's commercial intercourse with the nations (Isaiah 23:17) and Assyria's political intrigues, by which her statecraft fascinated and seduced other states (Nahum 3:4) are both described by the same...
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 kings of the earth were materialistic and irreligious because they were drunk on her power....
(1) And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many wate...
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...
WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION,.... These are the ten kings, who being of the same mind, and of one religion, the Popish religion, gave their power, strength, and kingdom...
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Ver. 2. _With whom the kings_] As submitting their...
_And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials_ Most probably this was the seventh angel; for, under the seventh vial, _great Babylon came in remembrance before God_, and now St. Jo...
HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION; by their idolatrous devotion to her service. MADE DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF HER FORNICATION; an allusion to the wine-cup which harlots give to their deluded votaries. The mean...
THE KINGDOM OF ANTI-CHRIST SYMBOLIZED BY THE GREAT HARLOT. The vision of the great harlot:...
WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION, AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH HAVE BEEN MADE DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF HER FORNICATION....
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...
_ 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”_ A. The view that the harlot represents those who have...
1-6 Rome clearly appears to be meant in this chapter. Pagan Rome subdued and ruled with military power, not by art and flatteries. She left the nations in general to their ancient usages and worship....
WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION; with which _great whore_ several princes of the world have committed spiritual fornication, receiving her idolatrous worship, yielding to h...
Revelation 17:2 with G3326 whom G3739 kings G935 earth G1093 fornication G4203 (G5656) and G2532 inhabitants G2730
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 one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me saying, “Come with me. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of...
Revelation 17:2. WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH COMMITTED FORNICATION. ‘Kings' are the representatives of all authority; and ‘the earth' is the guilty world. AND THEY THAT DWELL UPON THE EARTH WERE...
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH (ο βασιλεις της γης). Repeated in Revelation 1:5; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 17:18; Revelation 18:...
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...
COMMITTED IMMORALITY. The whole world is an IDOL to those who do not have the right attitude toward God. Industry, commerce, art, culture, and all the other such things can be used by the Devil to sed...
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 17:2 SEXUAL IMMORALITY and spiritual infidelity are connected (Revelation 2:20;...
An angel comes to John and proposes to show him the judgment of the great whore that sitteth on many waters. In chapter sixteen we had the vials poured out and all the striking symbolism of the judgme...
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...
CHAPTER 17 - MYSTERY BABYLON EXPLAINED In the previous vial judgments, the Beast world system is destroyed. In Chapter s 17 and 18, John is taken to see much more detail about the life, deeds and end...
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...
Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:13; Revelation 17:17;...
Have committed fornication. The figure of a harlot committing fornication with kings and peoples occurs frequently in the prophets, representing the defection of God's Church and its attachment to oth...
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...
With whom the kings of the earth — Both ancient and modern, for many ages. Have committed fornication — By partaking of her idolatry and various wickedness. And the inhabitants of the earth — The comm...
Babylon was charged with committing whoredom in the former verse; in this the persons are declared WHOM she committed whoredom with, VIZ. with KINGS, and the INHABITANTS of the earth; that is, with al...