Teks -- Revelation 17:7 (NET)

17:7 But the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will interpret for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

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Robertson: Rev 17:7 - I will tell thee the mystery

I will tell thee the mystery ( egō erō soi to mustērion ).

The angel gives his interpretation of the woman and the beast (Rev 17:7-18). Erō is the future active of eipon (defective verb), to tell, to say.

Wesley: Rev 17:7 - I will tell thee the mystery

The hidden meaning of this.

Clarke: Rev 17:7 - And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel! I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carried her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel! I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carried her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns - The apostle was greatly astonished, as well he might be, at the woman’ s being drunk with the blood of the saints, when the beast which carried her abounded with sacred appellations, such as holy, most holy, most Christian, sacred, most sacred. The angel undertakes to explain to St. John the vision which had excited in him so great astonishment; and the explication is of such great importance, that, had it not been given, the mystery of the dragon and the beast could never have been satisfactorily explained in all its particulars. The angel begins with saying: -

TSK: Rev 17:7 - I will

I will : Rev 17:1-6, Rev 17:8

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Poole: Rev 17:7

The angel promiseth to open this vision, it being the key of the former vision, and is the only vision expounded throughout this whole book.

PBC: Rev 17:7

Re 17:7

The Beast Which Carried the Woman

Re 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

Certainly the woman is a mystery. It takes spiritual interpretation to find the identity of this woman. We have spent quite a bit of time in bringing to light what we believe to be Biblical interpretation. She must be Jerusalem. How then can we fit into the picture this beast which has seven heads and ten horns. We must see that it is the beast which carries the woman, Jerusalem. So the beast is predominant in our identification. We have already identified the beast as being Rome. Rome was the power which carried, or propelled Jerusalem in all of her ungodly acts. Rome was delighted when Herod Antipas reached forth the sword in persecution of the early church.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 17:7 - And the angel said unto me // wherefore didst thou marvel // I will tell thee the mystery of the woman // And of the beast that carried her, which hath the seven heads, and ten horns

And the angel said unto me,.... The same as in Rev 17:1

wherefore didst thou marvel? which is not said by way of reproof, as questions of this kind sometimes are, Act 3:12 for John did not wonder at her with a sinful admiration, so as to have her in great veneration, and to do homage and worship to her, as the inhabitants of the world wondered after the beast, Rev 13:3 but his admiration was an amazement, or stupefaction of mind, joined with indignation at her; and this is said by the angel to lead on to what he had to declare unto him.

I will tell thee the mystery of the woman; that is, what is mysteriously or mystically designed by her; for till it was made known to John by the angel, it was a mystery to him; and when it was revealed, the interpretation is given in such an obscure manner, that it is only understood by the mind that has spiritual wisdom; and still remains a mystery to carnal men, just as the Gospel itself does. The hidden meaning of this woman, or the mystery of her, is told by the angel in Rev 17:18.

And of the beast that carried her, which hath the seven heads, and ten horns; the mystical sense of the beast, its heads and horns, and which is also delivered in a mysterious manner, is given in Rev 17:8.