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Verse Revelation 17:5. _AND UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME WRITTEN,
MYSTERY,_ _BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE_ _EARTH__._] This inscription being written upon her for...
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AND UPON HER FOREHEAD - In a circlet around her forehead. That is, it
was made prominent and public, as if written on the forehead in
blazing capitals. In Revelation 13:1 it is said that “the name of...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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MYSTERY. See App-193 and App-1 :20. The verse should be read, "And
upon her forehead (she had). name written,. secret symbol
(_musterion_), BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the harlots and of the
abom...
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_upon her forehead_was _a name written_ Probably not branded on the
flesh, but tied on as a label, as Roman harlots actually did Wear
their names.
_Mystery_ Interpreters compare "the mystery of lawles...
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Revelation 17:1-6 THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE. HER POMP...
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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 “t...
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_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...
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ΜΈΤΩΠΟΝ (G3359) лоб, чело,
ΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΈVOV _perf. pass._part, от ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125)
писать, надписывать....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
UPON HER FOREHEAD ... NAME - as harlots had. What's contrast to
"HOLINESS...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Roman _filles de joie_ wore a label with their names thus (Juv. vi.
123). μυστήριον (which hardly belongs to the title itself)
indicates that the name is to be taken πνευματικῶς
(Revelation 11:8), not...
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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...
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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...
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The woman was arrayed in the clothes of luxury in a gaudy sort of way.
Her clothes clearly identify here with the beast she rides (scarlet)
and show how much she will spend on her own pleasure. (Gold,...
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(7) And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, (8) BABYLON
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
(7) Deceiving with the title of religion, and public inscription o...
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_A mystery. That is, a secret, because what follows of the name and
title of the great harlot is to be taken in a mystical sense. ---
Babylon. Either the city of the devil in general; or, if this plac...
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(3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw
a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman was ar...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME WRITTEN,.... As the high priest had
on his mitre upon his forehead written, holiness to the Lord, Exodus
28:36 only a different inscription from that; the allusion is...
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And upon her forehead _was_ a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Ver. 5. _Mystery_] This word mystery is in the pope's mitre, saith
Brocard...
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_And the woman was arrayed_ With the utmost pomp and magnificence; _in
purple and scarlet_ Which were the colours of the imperial habit, the
purple in times of peace, and the scarlet in times of war:...
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MYSTERY; apparently indicating the symbolic character of her name....
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AND UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME WRITTEN, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH....
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THE KINGDOM OF ANTI-CHRIST SYMBOLIZED BY THE GREAT HARLOT.
The vision of the great harlot:...
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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...
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_ 5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH._
A. She is clearly identified. She is Babylon. She is the “mother o...
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HARLOTS:
Or, fornications...
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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....
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AND UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME WRITTEN; as public harlots were wont
to write their names, some upon the fronts of their houses, some upon
their foreheads: it denotes the open guilt and impudence of...
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Revelation 17:5 And G2532 on G1909 her G846 forehead G3359 name G3686
written G1125 (G5772) MYSTERY G3466 BABYL
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Revelation 17:5. AND UPON HER FOREHEAD A NAME WRITTEN, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH. The word ‘mystery' may be understood either as a part...
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UPON HER FOREHEAD A NAME WRITTEN
(επ το μετωπον αυτης ονομα
γεγραμμενον). Roman harlots wore a label with their names
on their brows (Seneca, _Rhet_. I. 2. 7; Juvenal VI. 122f.), and so
here. In Rev...
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MYSTERY
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _
BABYLON
See note 2, (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...
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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...
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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...
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THERE I SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A RED BEAST. These verses form a
picture-symbol. The red beast is the sea-beast of Revelation 13:1. It
is the governments of the world as the center or focus of the spir...
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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 ...
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"And on her forehead a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great, the
mother of harlots and abominations of the earth." We have had the name
Babylon. We were told: "Babylon is fallen." It is one of the...
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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...
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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...
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_4 AND THE WOMAN WAS ARRAYED IN PURPLE AND SCARLET COLOUR, AND
DECKED WITH GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS, HAVING A GOLDEN CUP
IN HER HAND FULL OF ABOMINATIONS AND FILTHINESS OF HER FORNICATION:...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Timothy 3:1; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 51:47;...
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Upon her forehead a name. As was customary with harlots, who had their
names inscribed on a ticket. Seneca, addressing a wanton priestess,
"Nomen tuum pependit a fronte," thy name hung from thy forehe...
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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...
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And on her forehead a name written — Whereas the saints have the
name of God and the Lamb on their foreheads. Mystery — This very
word was inscribed on the front of the Pope's mitre, till some of the...