 | Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, Marianne Meye Thompson - 2001 - 644 pages
...depicted as a great whore, guilty of impurity, fornication, of leading many others astray, and of being "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (17:6). Since sexual impurity is a biblical symbol for idolatry or forsaking God's... | |
 | W. A. Jarrel - 2001 - 522 pages
...apocalyptic, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth . the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus," some church historians and some professors in Theological Seminaries, treat her as the "... | |
 | Lewis R. Donelson - 2001 - 172 pages
...inscribed here. Revelation is a violent and bloody text. The great whore of Babylon is described as "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (Rev. 17:6). Her end at God's hand is in turn bloody and violent (17:16-18; 18:4-8,... | |
 | Stephen D. Moore - 2001 - 374 pages
...holds in her hand "a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication" and is "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus." 2o. Bauckham, Theology of the Book of Revelation, p. 77. The same argument has... | |
 | Daniel M. Haybron - 2002 - 188 pages
...of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." And l saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. (Apoc. 17:3-6) This woman, the famous "Scarlet Woman" and the "Whore of Babylon," is the... | |
 | Laurin Wenig - 2002 - 180 pages
...mystery: 'Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations.' And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (Rev 17:1-6). In sharp contrast to the heroic, valiant woman of Revelation 12:1,... | |
 | Richard Bauckham - 1989 - 184 pages
...sinister use of the image of drunkenness: she who made the earth drunk with her seductive wiles is herself 'drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus' (17.6). The accusation recurs, this time with a judicial image, in 18.24. Chapter... | |
 | James P. Byrd - 2002 - 320 pages
...the "golden cup" of religious persecution. He repeatedly cited John's observation that "the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (Rev 17:6, NRSV). In this grotesque image, Williams found a clear representation... | |
 | Craig C. Hill - 2002 - 242 pages
...clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. (17:4, 6) The anticipated fall of Babylon/Rome is celebrated at great length in... | |
 | David Edward Aune - 2003 - 620 pages
...mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots, whores and of earth's abominations. ftAnd I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. In the angelic interpretation that follows, the seven heads of the beast are identified as... | |
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... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And... 
