Revelation 17:6-8
was drunk <3184> [drunken.]
testified <3144> [the martyrs.]
I was ... astounded <2296> [I wondered.]
beast ............................. whose .......................... beast <3739 2342> [beast that thou.]
The Roman empire was the beast, or idolatrous persecuting power, when under the Pagan emperors; it ceased to be so when it became Christian; and became so again under the Roman pontiffs, and shall "go into perdition."
go <5217> [go.]
will be astounded <2296> [shall wonder.]
whose <3739> [whose.]
since <575> [from.]
beast ............................. whose .......................... beast <2342 3739 2258 3748> [the beast that was.]
Revelation 17:18
woman <1135> [the woman.]
has <3739 3588 2192> [which reigneth.]
The city which, at the time of the vision, "reigned over the kings of the earth," was undoubtedly Rome; and from its foundation, it has, in different ways, accomplished this object to the present time.
