Revelation 17:1

AND one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spake with me, saying, Come; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, which sitteth upon many waters:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and they who dwell in the earth have been made drunk by the wine of her fornication.

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Cross References

Luke 9:30And, behold, two men talked with him, who were Musha and Elia,

Revelation 4:1AFTER these I saw, and, behold, a door (was) open in heaven. And the first voice that I had heard as a trumpet talking with me, said, Come up hither, and I will make thee see the (things) which must be after these.

Revelation 15:6And the seven angels came forth, having the seven plagues, from the temple, clothed in linen pure, resplendent, and girded at their breasts with zones of gold.

Revelation 17:1AND one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spake with me, saying, Come; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, which sitteth upon many waters:

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:1

This chapter contains another representation of those things that had been revealed before concerning the wickedness and ruin of antichrist. This antichrist had been before represented as a beast, and is now described as a great whore. And here, I. The apostle is invited to see this vile woman, ver. 1, 2 . II. He tells us what an appearance she made, ver. 3-6 . III. The mystery of it is explained to him, ver. 7-12 . And, IV. Her ruin foretold, ver. 13 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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