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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 17:10

And there are seven kings - That is, seven in all, as they are enumerated in this verse and the next. An eighth is mentioned in Revelation 17:11, but it is, at the same time, said that this one so pertains to the seven, or is so properly in one sense of the number seven, though, in another sense, to be regarded as an eighth, that it may be properly reckoned as the seventh. The word “kings” - βασιλεῖς basileis - may be understood, so far as the meaning of the word is concerned:(a)Literally, as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 17:11

And the beast that was, and is not - That is, the one power that was formerly mighty; that died away so that it might be said to be extinct; and yet Revelation 17:8 that “still is,” or has a prolonged existence. It is evident that, by the “beast” here, there is some one power, dominion, empire, or rule, whose essential identity is preserved through all these changes, and to which it is proper to give the same name. It finds its termination, or its last form, in what is here called the “eighth”;... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 17:8-14

Revelation 17:8-14. The beast that thou sawest, &c. The mystery of the beast is first explained, and the beast is considered first in general, (Revelation 17:8,) under a threefold state or succession, as existing, and then ceasing to be, and then reviving again, so as to become another and the same. He was, and is not Καιπερ εστιν , and yet is, or, according to other copies, και παρεσται , and shall come, shall ascend out of the bottomless pit A beast in the prophetic style,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 17:7-14

Power of the beast (17:7-14)The angel now explains the meaning of the beast and the prostitute. The antichrist, empowered by Satan, controls human society, using his power to fight against the authority of God. His attacks on God’s people may die down for a period, but after he gains fresh life and strength the attacks will be renewed. In the end God will destroy him (7-8; cf. 13:3-4). (For believers of John’s time this illustration was full of meaning. The calm that followed Nero’s death was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 17:10

there. Greek. they. are fallen = fell. and. Omit. one = the one is. i.e. at this stage of the vision. and. Omit. other. The seventh. App-124 . not yet. Greek. oupo. cometh = shall have come. continue. See p. 1511 (abide). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 17:11

he = he himself (emph.) the = an. is. Omit. This being is described as an eighth head, not king. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 17:10

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.And they are seven kings ... See under preceding verse for identification of these as seven successive world powers which persecuted God's people.Five are fallen ... Please note that if the death of five successive emperors had been meant, the word would have been that "five are dead." "Fallen" is a ridiculous word for describing the death of Augustus Caesar; he... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 17:11

And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.As we see it, the Apostate Church, together with many harlot daughters and countless spiritual developments flowing out of it and accompanying it, is the seventh head that succeeded the pagan empire. This head will continue throughout the dispensation, but itself also will be succeeded by an eighth, which we believe to be the era of the "ten horns" (Revelation 17:12). The Harlot will... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 17:7-14

Revelation 17:7-14. And the angel said unto me, &c.— It was not thought sufficient to represent these things only in vision, and therefore theangel undertakes to explain the mystery, the mystic sense or secret meaning of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her: and the angel's interpretation is indeed the best key to the Revelations; the best clue to direct and conduct us through this intricate labyrinth. The mystery of the beast is first explained. The beast is considered first in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 17:10

10. there are—Translate, "they (the seven heads) are seven kings." five . . . one—Greek, "the five . . . the one"; the first five of the seven are fallen (a word applicable not to forms of government passing away, but to the fall of once powerful empires: Egypt, Ezekiel 29:1-30; Assyria and Nineveh, :-; Babylon, Revelation 18:2; Jeremiah 50:1-51; Medo-Persia, Daniel 8:3-7; Daniel 8:20-22; Daniel 10:13; Daniel 11:2; Greece, Daniel 11:4). Rome was "the one" existing in John's days. "Kings" is... read more