Revelation 17:6
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6 I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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Revelation 16:6
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6 For (A)they have shed the blood (B)of saints and prophets,
(C)And You have given them blood to drink.
[a]For it is their just due.”
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- Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For
Revelation 13:15
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15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (A)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
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Revelation 2:13
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13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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Revelation 18:20-24
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20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]holy apostles and prophets, for (B)God has avenged you on her!”
Finality of Babylon’s Fall
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, (C)“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and (D)shall not be found anymore. 22 (E)The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 (F)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, (G)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For (H)your merchants were the great men of the earth, (I)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And (J)in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who (K)were slain on the earth.”
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- Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles
Revelation 13:7
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7 It was granted to him (A)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And (B)authority was given him over every [a]tribe, tongue, and nation.
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- Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people
Revelation 12:11
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11 And (A)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, (B)and they did not love their lives to the death.
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Acts 22:20
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20 (A)And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by (B)consenting [a]to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
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- Acts 22:20 NU omits to his death
Habakkuk 1:13
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13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
Daniel 7:25
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25 (A)He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall (B)persecute[a] the saints of the Most High,
And shall (C)intend to change times and law.
Then (D)the saints shall be given into his hand
(E)For a time and times and half a time.
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- Daniel 7:25 Lit. wear out
Revelation 6:9-10
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Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (E)“How long, O Lord, (F)holy and true, (G)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
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Daniel 7:21
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21 “I was watching; (A)and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them,
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