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And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the [a]martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, [b]and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written [c]in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and [d]shall come.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:6 Or, witnesses. See 2:13.
  2. Revelation 17:8 Some ancient authorities read and he goeth.
  3. Revelation 17:8 Greek on.
  4. Revelation 17:8 Greek shall be present.