Apocalipse 17:7

7 Então o anjo me disse: “Por que você está admirado? Eu explicarei o mistério dessa mulher e da besta sobre a qual ela está montada, que tem sete cabeças e dez chifres.

Apocalipse 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 17:7

And the angel said unto me
The same as in ( Revelation 17:1 )

wherefore didst thou marvel?
which is not said by way of reproof, as questions of this kind sometimes are, ( Acts 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, ( Revelation 13:3 ) ( 17:8 ) 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 ( Revelation 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 ( Revelation 17:8-12 ) .

Apocalipse 17:7 In-Context

5 Em sua testa havia esta inscrição:MISTÉRIO:BABILÔNIA, A GRANDE;A MÃE DAS PROSTITUTASE DAS PRÁTICAS REPUGNANTES DA TERRA.

6 Vi que a mulher estava embriagada com o sangue dos santos, o sangue das testemunhas de Jesus.Quando a vi, fiquei muito admirado.

7 Então o anjo me disse: “Por que você está admirado? Eu explicarei o mistério dessa mulher e da besta sobre a qual ela está montada, que tem sete cabeças e dez chifres.

8 A besta que você viu, era e já não é. Ela está para subir do Abismo e caminha para a perdição. Os habitantes da terra, cujos nomes não foram escritos no livro da vida desde a criação do mundo, ficarão admirados quando virem a besta, porque ela era, agora não é, e entretanto virá.

9 “Aqui se requer mente sábia. As sete cabeças são sete colinas sobre as quais está sentada a mulher.