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Revelation 17:5

The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 17:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And upon her forehead was a name written. Omit "was." ὄνομα, "name," is dependent upon ἔχουσα, "having," in . This practice was customary with harlots (Juv., 'Sat.,' 6:123; Seneca, 'Controv.

,' ). In and the faithful members of God's Church have his Name in their foreheads; here the faithless ones, represented by the harlot, exhibit a spurious imitation.

As God's Name marked the former as his, so the name Babylon, etc., marks the latter as belonging to the world (see on ; ; ). The name consists of the words following, to the end of the verse.

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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