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Book of Revelation

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New Testament

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Apocalypse

Revelation 17

Revelation 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle. It mainly describes the judgment of the Whore of Babylon.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Koine Greek.
  • Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 47 (3rd century; extant: verses 1-2)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • Revelation 17:1-6 = The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast
  • Revelation 17:7-18 = The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

    • Verse 1

    New King James Version

    Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,"

    Verse 5

    New King James Version

    And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

    Verse 16

    New King James Version

    And the ten horns which you saw on[d] the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

    References

    Revelation 17 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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