Revelation 17:10 NIV

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

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

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 17:7-14

Further revelation about the beast 17:7-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 17:10

The seven kings are rulers over seven kingdoms. The prominent kingdom in John’s day that "is" was certainly the Roman Empire. The five most prominent world powers preceding Rome that had fallen are probably Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. [Note: Seiss, p. 393; cf. Ladd, p. 229; Walvoord, The Revelation . . ., p. 251; Alford, 4:710-11.] The Old Babylonian Empire may have been the first (Genesis 10:8-10). The seventh kingdom that was yet to come and would remain a little while is the... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 17:10

17:10 kings. (c-5) Or '... sits, and are seven kings.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 17:1-18

Babylon the great HarlotThe judgment on Rome, which had been announced before, is now shown in detail. The identification of ’Babylon’ with Rome, here and elsewhere in Rev., is supported (HDB.) by the following considerations:—The name Babylon in Revelation 17:5; ’is described as mystery, i.e. a name to be allegorically interpreted... B. is described (1) as “the harlot” the supreme antithesis of “the bride,” “the holy city,” “the new Jerus.” (2) as the centre and ruler of the nations,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 17:10

(10) And there are seven kings. . . .—Better. They are seven kings: five (not “are fallen,” but fell, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he shall come, he must continue a short time. It has been debated whether these kings are individual sovereigns, or forms of government, or kingdoms The last view is the one adopted in this Commentary. The wild beast belongs to no one age, but is a power which has risen in every age; the seven heads represent the successive culminations of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 17:1-18

Revelation 17:6 Mercy and love are sins in Rome and hell. Beaumont and Fletcher, 'Bonduca,' Act iv. Scene 4. The Lamb's War with the Beast Revelation 17:14 It is strange that the most mysterious book of the Bible should be especially singled out as the Revelation. Yet though no book is less patient of a detailed and pedantic exposition, none is more full of the triumph and the tears of God's Word, none is richer in lessons to guide us in the stern and fluctuating conflict of our Lord with... read more