Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Revelation 18:12-13

12, 13. See crit. notes. The various readings are partly due to deliberate attempts to carry either the accusative or the genitive through; partly perhaps to various very early combinations of two lists, one with the names in genitive and one in accusative; compare ἴππων and κτήνη, Lat. jumenta, and σωμάτων and ψυχὰς�. The whole passage should be compared with Ezekiel 17 where the wealth and trade of Tyre is described in detail.

>12. πᾶν ξύλον θύϊνον. Wood of the thyia or thyion, a kind of cypress or arbor vitae: apparently the same that was called citrus by the Romans and used for the costliest furniture.

σκεῦος. Both ivory and wood were used rather for furniture than “vessels” in our sense; it is not clear that marble was much used for either.

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