Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and I wondered when I saw her, with great wonder.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny the faith in me, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 12:11And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life, unto the death.
Revelation 13:15And it was given him to give breath[13:15] to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as worship not the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, ye apostles, and ye prophets; because God judged your cause upon her.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:2-7
The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of… Read the whole commentary →