Teks -- Revelation 17:2 (NET)

17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

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Robertson: Rev 17:2 - The kings of the earth

The kings of the earth ( hoi basileis tēs gēs ).

Repeated in Rev 1:5; Rev 6:15; Rev 17:18; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:9; Rev 19:19; Rev 21:24 and "the kings of the inhabited earth"(Rev 16:14) either for human rulers in general or the vassal kings absorbed by the Roman Empire.

Robertson: Rev 17:2 - Committed fornication

Committed fornication ( eporneusan ).

First aorist active indicative of porneuō . "In purchasing the favour of Rome by accepting her suzerainty and with it her vices and idolatries"(Swete).

Robertson: Rev 17:2 - Were made drunken

Were made drunken ( emethusthēsan ).

First aorist passive indicative of methuskō , old verb (from methu ), as in Luk 12:45, here only in the Apocalypse. Cf. Isa 51:7 and pepotiken in Rev 14:8. See Rev 18:3.

Vincent: Rev 17:2 - Have committed fornication

Have committed fornication

The figure of a harlot committing fornication with kings and peoples occurs frequently in the prophets, representing the defection of God's Church and its attachment to others. See Isa 1:21; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:1, Jer 3:6, Jer 3:8; Eze 16:15, Eze 16:16, Eze 16:28, Eze 16:31, Eze 16:35, Eze 16:41; Eze 23:5, Eze 23:19, Eze 23:44; Hos 2:5; Hos 3:3; Hos 4:14. The word is applied to heathen cities in three places only: to Tyre, Isa 23:15, Isa 23:16, Isa 23:17; to Nineveh, Nah 3:4; and here.

Wesley: Rev 17:2 - With whom the kings of the earth

Both ancient and modern, for many ages.

Wesley: Rev 17:2 - Have committed fornication

By partaking of her idolatry and various wickedness.

Wesley: Rev 17:2 - And the inhabitants of the earth

The common people.

Wesley: Rev 17:2 - Have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication

No wine can more thoroughly intoxicate those who drink it, than false zeal does the followers of the great whore.

JFB: Rev 17:2 - drunk with

Greek, "owing to." It cannot be pagan Rome, but papal Rome, if a particular seat of error be meant, but I incline to think that the judgment (Rev 18:2) and the spiritual fornication (Rev 18:3), though finding their culmination in Rome, are not restricted to it, but comprise the whole apostate Church, Roman, Greek, and even Protestant, so far as it has been seduced from its "first love" (Rev 2:4) to Christ, the heavenly Bridegroom, and given its affections to worldly pomps and idols. The woman (Rev 12:1) is the congregation of God in its purity under the Old and New Testament, and appears again as the Bride of the Lamb, the transfigured Church prepared for the marriage feast. The woman, the invisible Church, is latent in the apostate Church, and is the Church militant; the Bride is the Church triumphant.

Clarke: Rev 17:2 - With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication - What an awful picture this is of the state of the religion of the world in subjection to this whore! Kings have committed spiritual fornication with her, and their subjects have drunk deep, dreadfully deep, into the doctrine of her abominable errors.

TSK: Rev 17:2

Rev 17:13, Rev 17:17, Rev 14:8, Rev 18:3, Rev 18:9, Rev 18:23; Jer 51:7

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Poole: Rev 17:2 - With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication // And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with, the wine of her fornication

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication with which great whore several princes of the world have committed spiritual fornication, receiving her idolatrous worship, yielding to her authority, and following her example.

And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with, the wine of her fornication and not the kings only of the earth, but the generality of the people, have been influenced with a mad heat, and with the wine of her fornication, that is, with that wine by which she enticed them to commit idolatry with her. By this wine are meant honours, riches, preferments, pleasure, the gaudery of her worship, the magnificence of the apostolic see, their pretended antiquity, unity; in short, whatsoever specious arguments papists use to entice persons into the idolatrous communion of their church.

PBC: Rev 17:2

Fornication is described by the Greek word porneuo, to act the harlot, i.e., indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or practice idolatry, commit (fornication). Porneuo is used in the parable of the prodigal son who had wasted his inheritance among harlots.

The kings of the earth knew Jerusalem’s idolatry. Jesus said to the Pharisees, " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." {Mt 23:15}

Some might argue that this could not be Jerusalem because the verse ends with " the great whore that sitteth upon many waters." Let the Scripture be its own interpreter. " And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." {Re 17:15} The Jews were scattered abroad among all nations. Many of these were still faithful to Jerusalem. On the day of Pentecost there were " dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven." {Ac 2:5} This indicates strongly that this great whore is indeed Jerusalem. These Jews had gathered for the celebration of Pentecost commanded under the law.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 17:2 - With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication // and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,.... These are the ten kings, who being of the same mind, and of one religion, the Popish religion, gave their power, strength, and kingdom to the beast, Rev 17:12 and have been enticed by the whore of Rome to commit spiritual fornication with her; that is, idolatry, to worship, as that church enjoins, idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood, the images of the virgin Mary, and other saints; hence this whore appears to be no mean strumpet, but one of great note, and in much vogue, being sought after and made use of by the great men of the earth;

and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication; that is, the inhabitants of the Roman empire, or earthly minded men, mere carnal persons, have been drawn into idolatrous practices by the allurements of the church of Rome; such as riches, honours, pleasures, lying miracles, and great pretensions to devotion and religion; whereby they have been intoxicated as men with wine, and have been filled with a blind zeal for that church, and the false doctrines and worship of it, and with madness and fury against the true professors of religion.