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Revelation 17:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.


Revelation 17:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 17:1519 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
AndwordG2532
λέγειlegei
he saysverbG3004
μοιmoi
to mepronounG1473
ΤὰTa
ThearticleG3588
ὕδαταhydata
watersnounG5204
ha
thatrelative pronounG3739
εἶδεςeides
you sawverbG3708
οὗhou
whereadverbG3756
thearticleG3588
πόρνηpornē
prostitutenounG4204
κάθηταιkathētai
sitsverbG2521
λαοὶlaoi
peoplesnounG2992
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὄχλοιochloi
multitudesnounG3793
εἰσὶνeisin
areverbG1510
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἔθνηethnē
nationsnounG1484
καὶkai
andwordG2532
γλῶσσαιglōssai
tonguesnounG1100
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 17:15

“And the beast which you saw is of the seven.” Since before those kings Nero reigned. “And he is the eighth.” He says only when this beast shall come, reckon it the eighth place, since in that is the completion. He added:— “And shall go into perdition.” For that ten kings received royal power when he shall move from the east, he says. He shall be sent from the city of Rome with his armies. And Daniel sets forth the ten horns and the ten diadems. And that these are…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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