Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 18:18

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18. when they saw — Greek, " horontes. " But A, B, C, and ANDREAS read, Greek, " blepontes, " "looking at." Greek, " blepo, " is to use the eyes, to look: the act of seeing without thought of the object seen. Greek, " horao, " refers to the thing seen or presented to the eyes [TITTMANN]. smoke —so B, C. But A reads "place." What city is like —Compare the similar beast as to the beast, :- : so closely do the harlot and beast approximate one another. Contrast the attribution of this praise to God, to whom alone it is due, by His servants ( :- ). MARTIAL says of Rome, "Nothing is equal to her;" and ATHENÆUS, "She is the epitome of the world." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rev-18-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/rev-18-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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