Revelation 17:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 And [a]the woman was arrayed [b]in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, [c]and had a cup of gold in her hand full of abomination, and filthiness of her fornication.
5 [d]And in her forehead was a name written, A mystery, [e]that great Babylon that mother of whoredoms, and abominations of the earth.
6 [f]And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of JESUS: and when I saw her, [g]I wondered with great marvel.
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- Revelation 17:4 That harlot, the spiritual Babylon, which is Rome. She is described by her attire, profession and deeds.
- Revelation 17:4 In attire most glorious, triumphant, most rich, and most gorgeous.
- Revelation 17:4 In profession, the nourisher of all, in this verse, and teaching her mysteries unto all, verse 5, setting forth all things most magnificently: but indeed most pernicious besotting miserable men with her cup, and bringing upon them a deadly giddiness.
- Revelation 17:5 Deceiving with the title of religion, and public inscription of mystery: which the beast in times past did not bear.
- Revelation 17:5 An exposition: in which S. John declareth what manner of woman this is.
- Revelation 17:6 In manner of deeds: She is red with blood, and sheddeth it most licentiously, and therefore is colored with the blood of the Saints, as on the contrary part. Christ is set forth imbrued with the blood of his enemies; Isa. 3:1.
- Revelation 17:6 A passage unto the second part of this chapter, by occasion given of S. John, as the words of the Angel do show, in the next verse.
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