解明奥秘的含义

那位天使对我说:“你为什么惊奇呢?我要把这女人和驮着她的那七头十角兽的奥秘告诉你。 你所看见的那兽,先前在而现今不在,并将要从无底坑里上来,然后走向灭亡[a]。住在地上的人,凡是名字从创世以来没有被记在生命册上的,看见那先前在而现今不在,并将要出现[b]的兽时,都会感到惊奇。

“带有智慧的理性就在这里。那七个头就是女人所坐的七座山,也就是七个君王。

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Footnotes

  1. 启示录 17:8 灭亡——或译作“沉沦”。
  2. 启示录 17:8 并将要出现——有古抄本作“其实现今在”。

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

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