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我又看见那妇人喝圣徒的血,和那为耶稣作见证的人的血,喝醉了。

我看见了她,就大大惊奇。 天使对我说:“你为甚么惊奇呢?我要把这妇人的奥秘,和驮着她的那七头十角的兽的奥秘告诉你。 你看见的那兽,先前在、现今不在、将来要从无底坑上来,然后走向灭亡。住在世上的人,凡是名字在创世以来没有记在生命册上的,看见了那先前在、现今不在、将来还要出现的兽,就都要惊奇。

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I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery(B) of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.(C) The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss(D) and go to its destruction.(E) The inhabitants of the earth(F) whose names have not been written in the book of life(G) from the creation of the world will be astonished(H) when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

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And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you (C)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. The beast that you saw (D)was, and is not, and (E)is about to rise from (F)the bottomless pit[b] and (G)go to destruction. And (H)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in (I)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because (J)it was and is not and is to come.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus
  2. Revelation 17:8 Greek the abyss

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.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the [a]mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and (D)will ascend out of the bottomless pit and (E)go to [b]perdition. And those who (F)dwell on the earth (G)will marvel, (H)whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and [c]yet is.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:7 hidden truth
  2. Revelation 17:8 destruction
  3. Revelation 17:8 NU, M shall be present