Revelation 17:1 BSB

Revelation 17:1

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

BSB

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ASV

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 great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

KJV

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But B, "the many waters" (Jer 51:13); Re 17:15, below, explains the sense. The whore is the apostate Church, just as "the woman" (Re 12:1-6) is the Church while faithful.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And there came one of the seven angels, saying, Come hither - This relation concerning the great whore, and that concerning the wife of the Lamb, chap. xxi, 9, 10, have the same introduction, in token of the exact opposition between them. I will show thee the judgment of the great whore - Which is now circumstantially described.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
ἀγγέλων	angelōn	angels	G32 →
τῶν	tōn	those	G3588 →
ἐχόντων	echontōn	having	G2192 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
φιάλας	phialas	bowls	G5357 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλάλησεν	elalēsen	spoke	G2980 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	me	G1473 →
λέγων	legōn	saying	G3004 →
δεῦρο,	deuro	Come here,	G1204 →
δείξω	deixō	I will show	G1166 →
σοι	soi	you	G4771 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
κρίμα	krima	punishment	G2917 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
πόρνης	pornēs	prostitute	G4204 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
μεγάλης	megalēs	great	G3173 →
τῆς	tēs	who	G3588 →
καθημένης	kathēmenēs	is sitting	G2521 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
ὑδάτων	hudatōn	waters	G5204 →
πολλῶν,	pollōn	many,	G4183 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 19:2
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:43
  Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries…
- Revelation 6:10
  And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
Through
Revelation 21:9
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
leads to
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 19:7
  Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- Revelation 16:1–17
  Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
Through
Revelation 16:19
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His…
leads to
- Revelation 17:18
  And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
- Revelation 18:5
  For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
- Revelation 18:10
  In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”