Revelation 17:6

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Summary

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

The martyrs

I wondered

Habakkuk 1:13

General references

Bible References

The martyrs

"'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.'

I wondered

You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?

General references

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.

As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them,

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.