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Revelation 17:6

Revelation 17:6
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 great admiration.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,.... To see a woman drunk is a shameful sight; but to see one drunk, not with wine, but with blood, is monstrous, cruel, and shocking; the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints - A reeling, intoxicated harlot, for that is the image which is kept up all along. In regard to the phrase “drunken with blood,” compare Jer…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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 great admiration - How exactly the cruelties exercised by the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 17:1-6

Here we have a new vision, not as to the matter of it, for that is contemporary with what came under the three last vials; but as to the manner of description, etc. Observe, 1. The invitation given to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

with the blood of the saints&c. Rev 18:24.

martyrs See on Rev 2:13.

admiration Better, wonder, the substantive used being cognate to the verb. Of course "admiration" is not meant in the modern sense…