Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets; and thou hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

In Context

5And I heard the angel of the waters say: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, and art holy; because thou hast done this judgment.

7And I heard one from the altar say: Yes, Lord God Almighty: true and righteous is thy judgment.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:35And the cultivators laid hold of his servants, and beat one, and stoned another and one they slew.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:2-8

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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