Thematic Bible
Revelation 17:1 (show verse)
And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, 'Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters,
Revelation 17:2 (show verse)
with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'
Revelation 17:3 (show verse)
and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns,
Revelation 17:4 (show verse)
and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,
Colors » Crimson, red, purple, and scarlet, symbols of various ideas » Of iniquity
Empires/world powers » Mystery babylon
Horn » Symbolical
Precious stones » Illustrative of » Seductive splendor and false glory of the apostacy
Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy
Women » Figurative » Of backsliding
Empires/world powers » Mystery babylon
Horn » Symbolical
Precious stones » Illustrative of » Seductive splendor and false glory of the apostacy
Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy
Women » Figurative » Of backsliding
Revelation 17:5 (show verse)
and upon her forehead was a name written: 'Secret, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Whores, and the Abominations of the earth.'
Revelation 17:6 (show verse)
And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder;
Revelation 17:7 (show verse)
and the messenger said to me, 'Wherefore didst thou wonder? I -- I will tell thee the secret of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.
Revelation 17:8 (show verse)
'The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.
Revelation 17:9 (show verse)
Here is the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,
Revelation 17:10 (show verse)
and there are seven kings, the five did fall, and the one is, the other did not yet come, and when he may come, it behoveth him to remain a little time;
Revelation 17:11 (show verse)
and the beast that was, and is not, he also is eighth, and out of the seven he is, and to destruction he doth go away.
Revelation 17:12 (show verse)
'And the ten horns that thou sawest, are ten kings, who a kingdom did not yet receive, but authority as kings the same hour do receive with the beast,
Revelation 17:13 (show verse)
these have one mind, and their own power and authority to the beast they shall give over;
Revelation 17:14 (show verse)
these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'
Battle of Life » The victory » The presence of the victorious Christ gives assurance of
Call » To special religious duty » All who are called of God
Character » Of saints » Faithful
Character of saints » Faithful
Christ » Victor » The presence of the victorious Christ gives assurance of
Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of
Christ » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
Christ » Exaltation of » King of kings
Christ » Joy of » King of kings
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As king of kings and lord of lords
Jesus Christ, King » Shall overcome all his enemies
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
Empires/world powers » Mystery babylon
Glory of Christ » As lord of lords, &c
Faith/faithfulness » Who is faithful
Faithfulness » In business » Faithfulness to God, examples of
Faithfulness » A characteristic of saints
Fidelity » In business » To God
Horn » Symbolical
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lamb
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » King of kings and lord of lords
Jesus Christ » Names of » King of kings
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord of lords
King of kings » King of kings
Kingdom » Christ's
Kings » Christ is the king of
Lamb of God » An name of jesus
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
Victory/overcoming » The lord triumphing
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Call » To special religious duty » All who are called of God
Character » Of saints » Faithful
Character of saints » Faithful
Christ » Victor » The presence of the victorious Christ gives assurance of
Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of
Christ » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
Christ » Exaltation of » King of kings
Christ » Joy of » King of kings
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As king of kings and lord of lords
Jesus Christ, King » Shall overcome all his enemies
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
Empires/world powers » Mystery babylon
Glory of Christ » As lord of lords, &c
Faith/faithfulness » Who is faithful
Faithfulness » In business » Faithfulness to God, examples of
Faithfulness » A characteristic of saints
Fidelity » In business » To God
Horn » Symbolical
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lamb
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » King of kings and lord of lords
Jesus Christ » Names of » King of kings
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord of lords
King of kings » King of kings
Kingdom » Christ's
Kings » Christ is the king of
Lamb of God » An name of jesus
Spiritual » Eternal the growth of » Kingdom of Christ
Victory/overcoming » The lord triumphing
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Revelation 17:15 (show verse)
And he saith to me, 'The waters that thou didst see, where the whore doth sit, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues;'
Revelation 17:16 (show verse)
and the ten horns that thou didst see upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her in fire,
Revelation 17:17 (show verse)
for God did give into their hearts to do its mind, and to make one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast till the sayings of God may be complete,
Revelation 17:18 (show verse)
and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.'