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Revelation 18:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Revelation 18:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 18:24

Theological / Devotional

Blood. See on chs. 16:6; 17:6.

Prophets. See on v. 20.

All that were slain. Mystical Babylon represents apostate religion since the beginning of time (see on chs. 14:8; 17:5, 13). However, chs. 13 to 18 are concerned most particularly with the culmination of apostasy at the end of time. Thus, in a general sense, “all that were slain” may properly include the martyrs of all time, but emphasis here is doubtless on those who lay down their lives in the closing struggle of the great controversy between good and evil, and probably also those whom Babylon purposes to slay but is prevented from slaying, by divine intervention (see on ch. 17:6; cf. Isa. 47:6; Jer. 51:47–49).

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