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 live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave.

They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.

When your witness Stephen was put to death, I was there, approving of his murder and taking care of the coats of his murderers.'

I wondered

Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?

General references

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Keep all your magic spells and charms. You have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you. Perhaps you can frighten your enemies.

I watched that same horn as it made war with the holy ones. It prevailed against (defeated) them.

You have not yet resisted by shedding blood in your striving against sin.