 | Irene Bloom, J. Paul Martin, Wayne Proudfoot - 1996 - 372 halaman
...Christians, as the Apocalypse shows, could find reassurance in the expectation that Rome, the great harlot "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" (Apocalypse 17:6) would be overthrown. At the same time, Jesus is not represented as a political... | |
 | Charles Freeman Sleeper - 1996 - 164 halaman
...when he describes Babylon as a prostitute who has seduced other world leaders (17:1-5) and as a woman "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (17:6). In the verses that follow (17:9-1 1), the fluidity of John's images is... | |
 | Lynda L. Coon - 1997 - 268 halaman
...in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication. . . . And [she was] drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Yet the gospels repeatedly recount Christ's healings of idolatrous, depraved, and defiled... | |
 | Catherine Gunsalus González - 1997 - 166 halaman
...mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations." '' And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. The continuity of this vision with the preceding one is seen in the identity of... | |
 | Alice Bach - 1997 - 314 halaman
...to Salome by Herod as well as the pearls that connect her with the moon. "And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (17:6) could be a reference to Salome with the head of the Baptist. Finally, "for... | |
 | Richard N. Longenecker - 1998 - 334 halaman
...chapter 17, who corresponds to the city of Babylon in chapter 18. She is described as "the woman" who "was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (17:6). Furthermore, she is spoken of as sitting on seven hills (17:9) — a broad... | |
 | James L. Resseguie - 1998 - 256 halaman
...mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations." And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus (17:3-6). The characterization of evil as a whore portrays the beguiling, stupefying... | |
 | Theodore A. Bergren - 1998 - 297 halaman
...says the Lord, so God will do to you .. ." (15:56). According to Revelation, John "saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (17:6). "In [Babylon] was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all... | |
 | Walter E. Pilgrim - 244 halaman
...earthly evil. The scene climaxes in the most repelling imagery in all the Apocalypse: The woman is "drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus" (v. 6). The seer has chosen every detail with care to express his outrage at imperial... | |
 | George Aichele - 1997 - 234 halaman
...mystery: 'Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth's abominations'. And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus (17.3-6). In the following verses, the angel explains this vision to John and tells... | |
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... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And... 
