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Revelation 17:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.


Revelation 17:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 17:1017 words
GreekMeaning
οἱhoi
ThearticleG3588
πέντεpente
fiveadjectiveG4002
ἔπεσανepesan
are fallenverbG4098
ho
thearticleG3588
εἷςheis
oneadjectiveG1519
ἔστινestin
isverbG1510
ho
thearticleG3588
ἄλλοςallos
otheradjectiveG243
οὔπωoupō
not yetadverbG3768
ἦλθενēlthen
has comeverbG2064
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὅτανhotan
whenwordG3752
ἔλθῃelthē
he may have comeverbG2064
ὀλίγονoligon
a little whileadjectiveG3641
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
δεῖdei
it behoovesverbG1210
μεῖναιmeinai
to remainverbG3306
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 17:10

“And there are seven kings: five have fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he has come, he will be for a short time.” The time must be understood in which the written Apocalypse was published, since then reigned Cæsar Domitian; but before him had been Titus his brother, and Vespasian, Otho, Vitellius, and Galba. These are the five who have fallen. One remains, under whom the Apocalypse was written — Domitian, to wit. “The other has not yet come,” speaks…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Carlos RiveraNote3mo ago
Redemption and restoration - Revelation 17
Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel t...
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