Revelation 17:10 BSB

Revelation 17:10

There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

KJV

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

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Commentary

3 voices

Victorinus of Pettau

Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John (304)

"And there are seven kings: five have fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he is come, he will be for a short time." The time must be understood in which the written Apocalypse was published, since then reigned Caesar Domitian; but before him had been Titus his brother, and Vespasian, Otho, Vitellius, and Galba. These are the five who have fallen. One remains, under whom the Apocalypse was written-Domitian, to wit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And they are seven kings - Anciently there were royal palaces on all the seven Roman bills. These were the Palatine, Capitoline, Coelian, Exquiline, Viminal, Quirinal, Aventine hills. But the prophecy respects the seven hills at the time of the beast, when the Palatine was deserted and the Vatican in use.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The emphasis palpably is on "a short space," which therefore comes first in the Greek, not on "he must continue," as if his continuance for some [considerable] time were implied, as ALFORD wrongly thinks. The time of external Christianization (while the beast's wound continues) has lasted for centuries, ever since Constantine.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	The	G3588 →
πέντε	pente	five	G4002 →
ἔπεσαν,	epesan	are fallen,	G4098 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
ἔστιν,	estin	is,	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄλλος	allos	other	G243 →
οὔπω	oupō	not yet	G3768 →
ἦλθεν·	ēlthen	has come;	G2064 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὅταν	hotan	when	G3752 →
ἔλθῃ,	elthē	he may have come,	G2064 →
ὀλίγον	oligon	a little while	G3641 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
δεῖ	dei	it behooves	G1163 →
μεῖναι.¶	meinai	to remain.	G3306 →