Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
For if it had been declared by Him, he (Antichrist) might perhaps continue for a long period. But now as "he was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the abyss, and goes into perdition,"[260]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Fourth
proceeded. But the size of that beast was about a hundred feet, and it had a head like an urn.[7]
REVELATION 17:8 u`pa,gei {B} Orthographically u`pa,gei (A 1611 2053 _al_) differs very little from u`pa,gein (a P 046 051 1006 1854 _al_), for in Greek manuscripts final n is often represented merely...
Verse Revelation 17:8. _THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT; AND SHALL_ _ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND GO INTO PERDITION_] The beast is the Latin kingdom; (ηλατινηβασιλεια;) consequent...
THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT - In the close of the verse it is added, “and yet is” - “the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.” There are three things affirmed here: first, that there...
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...
WAS, &C. Implying. time between Revelation 12 and Revelation 13. SHALL. is about to. PERDITION. See John 17:12. NAMES. The texts read "name". WERE NOT. hath not been. book.
_was, and is not_ On the whole, ancient tradition where it speaks, and modern criticism, agree in the interpretation of these words. _Nero_, who killed himself in June a.d. 68, "had been, and was not...
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...
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...
ΕΊΔΕΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΗΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΗΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΎΚ ΈΣΤΙ ΚΑΙ ΜΈΛΛΕΙ άναβαίνειν "тот, кто был и кого нет, но он собирается восстать". Это сознательная...
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...
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...
_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...
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 book...
__ 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...
17:8 present. (a-61) Or 'shall come.'...
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...
THAT WAS] RV 'how that he was.' YET IS] RV 'shall come.'...
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 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...
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....
An explanation of the vision, cautiously but clearly outlining the Nero-saga....
As the Beast seen by the seer cannot be described as non-existent, it must denote here (as in Revelation 13:3 f., though differently) not the empire but the emperor, or one of its own heads. Such an i...
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...
If we were right in our suggestions about the deathstroke delivered to the head in Revelation 13:1-3, this would be another good way to portray it. The abyss was the origin of the sundarkening smoke,...
(12) The beast that thou sawest (13) was, and is not; and (14) shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not writte...
The beast which thou sawest. This beast, which supports Babylon, may signify the power of the devil; which was, and is not, being much limited by the coming of Christ, but shall again exert itself und...
(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...
THE BEAST WHICH THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT,.... It is added at the end of the verse where the same description is given, "and yet is"; this beast is to be understood not of the devil, who "was" the g...
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 book o...
_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...
WAS, AND IS NOT-SHALL ASCEND-GO INTO PERDITION; the beast is the Roman power considered through the whole of its duration. It WAS, as the old Roman empire, and in this form it was destroyed and ceased...
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 BOOK OF...
The mystery of the woman:...
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...
_ 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life...
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...
THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST; this beast was the Roman empire, the _scarlet coloured beast_ which carried the whore, REVELATION 17:3. WAS, AND IS NOT; _was_ of old, in Rome's pagan state, and _is not, _...
Revelation 17:8 beast G2342 that G3739 saw G1492 (G5627) was G2258 (G5713) and G2532 is G2076 ...
‘And the angel said to me, “Why did you wonder? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast who carries her, who has the seven heads and ten horns. The beast which you saw was and...
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...
Revelation 17:8. THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT, AND IS ABOUT TO ASCEND OUT OF THE ABYSS, AND TO GO INTO PERDITION. Whatever may be the difficulty of interpreting these words, one thing is...
WAS AND IS NOT (ην κα ουκ εστιν). Imperfect and present of ειμ, an apparent antithesis to ο ην κα ο ων of Revelation 1:4. This is a picture of the beast of Revelation 13:1 which the woman is riding,...
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...
I WILL TELL YOU THE SECRET MEANING. The woman sits on the red beast (Revelation 17:3), and they are one in _purpose and intent._ Worldly people drink the wine of her immorality and experience her plea...
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 17:8 BEAST... WAS AND IS NOT AND IS TO COME. It had received a terrible wound yet came back to life (Revelation 13:12)....
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...
1 Peter 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Acts 15:18; Daniel 11:45; Dani
To go into perdition [υ π α γ ε ι ν]. Some good texts read uJpagei, goeth. For the verb, see on John 6:21; John 8:21. In the book [ε π ι]. Lit., upon. From the foundation of the world. In ordinary Ne...
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...
The beast which thou sawest (namely, Revelation 17:3) was, &c. — This is a very observable and punctual description of the beast, Revelation 17:8, Revelation 17:10. His whole duration is here divided...