And in her was found the blood of prophets and of
saints,
&c.] Such as before mentioned, in ( Revelation
18:20 ) this is another reason of her destruction, besides
her luxury and idolatry, namely, her shedding the blood of the
saints, with which she is said to be drunk, and therefore blood
is now given her to drink, ( Revelation
17:6 ) ( 16:6 ) for
she will now be found guilty of slaying the witnesses, who are
meant by the prophets and saints, that have been from the
beginning of the apostasy:
and of all that were slain upon the earth:
not only of those that have been slain in the city of Rome, but
of all those that have been slain throughout the empire; they
being slain by her order, or with her consent, and she conniving
at it, encouraging it, and therefore will be justly chargeable
with it all; see ( Matthew
23:31 Matthew
23:32 Matthew
23:35 ) the Ethiopic version adds, "for the name of Christ".