Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
General references
Bible References
The martyrs
Revelation 2:13
"I know where you live. Satan's throne is there. Yet you hold on to my name and have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your presence, where Satan lives.
Revelation 6:9
When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.
Revelation 12:11
Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.
Acts 22:20
Even when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing there, approving it and guarding the coats of those who were killing him.'
I wondered
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil; and you cannot tolerate wickedness. So why do you tolerate the treacherous? And why do you stay silent while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?
General references
Proverbs 25:26
A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.
Isaiah 47:12
"But stand up now with your spells and your many incantations, at which you have labored from your childhood until today,
Daniel 7:21
"As I continued to watch, that same horn waged war against the saints, and was prevailing against them
Hebrews 12:4
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.