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3.17.7 - Revelation  [[17:7|bible.87.17.7]]  Listen to Rev. 17:7

I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast
The angel provides revelation concerning aspects of the woman (Rev. [[17:15-18|bible.87.17.15-87.17.18]]+) and the beast with the seven heads and ten horns (Rev. [[17:8-14|bible.87.17.8-87.17.14]]+, [[16-17|bible.87.17.16-87.17.17]]+). The remainder of the chapter is devoted to these two topics.

carries her
Carries is βαστάζοντος [bastazontos] , indicating that the beast supports or bears her, used "of animals used for riding,"1 but also used figuratively: "Of anything burdensome or difficult bear, endure, put up with (Mtt. [[20:12|bible.61.20.12]])."2 Although the Beast carries her for a season, ultimately he and his ten kings turn upon her and consume her (Rev. [[17:16-17|bible.87.17.16-87.17.17]]+) bringing about God's judgment upon her. Perhaps her ride upon the Beast is eventually seen to be too burdensome so he throws her off. She may ultimately prove to be a liability and a competition in his eventual bid for all attention and worship (2Th. [[2:4|bible.74.2.4]]).

seven heads and ten horns
See commentary on Revelation 17:3.

Notes

1 Frederick William Danker, and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 137.

2 Timothy Friberg, Barbara Friberg, and Neva F. Miller, Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000), 89.


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