Apocalisse 17:18

18 E la donna che hai veduta è la gran città che impera sui re della terra.

Apocalisse 17:18 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 17:18

And the woman which thou sawest
( Revelation 17:3 ) as there described,

is that great city,
often mentioned in this book; great Babylon, the city of Rome, ( Revelation 11:8 ) ( 14:8 ) ( 16:19 ) which reigneth over the kings of the earth; which then reigned in John's time over the kings of the earth; and this clearly points out the city of Rome, for there was no other city then, but that, which reigned over the kings of the earth; that was then the metropolis of the Roman empire, to which the whole world was subject; and therefore it is called all the world, ( Luke 2:1 ) and since, all the kings of the empire have been under the jurisdiction of Rome Papal. It was formerly called Urbs Regum, a "city of kings" ^F26, either for the reason in the text, or because its inhabitants looked like kings.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Justin. l. 18. c. 2.

Apocalisse 17:18 In-Context

16 E le dieci corna che hai vedute e la bestia odieranno la meretrice e la renderanno desolata e nuda, e mangeranno le sue carni e la consumeranno col fuoco.

17 Poiché Iddio ha messo in cuor loro di eseguire il suo disegno e di avere un medesimo pensiero e di dare il loro regno alla bestia finché le parole di Dio siano adempite.

18 E la donna che hai veduta è la gran città che impera sui re della terra.