§281 - Footnotes

Revelation 17: The Great Whore and Beast from Ancient Rome and Beyond

[§281] Rev 17:3: A Woman Sits on a Scarlet Beast [Roman Empire]

Footnotes for this section

  1. See Rev 17:1; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  2. See Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 314; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 381; Keener, IVPNT, 762; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 17:3]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:3]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:3]; cf. Rev 21:10; and generally Rev 21:9-11: The Holy [Old] Jerusalem, Bride and Wife of the Lamb. ↩︎
  3. Cf. Rev 1:10; and generally The Place and Date of John’s Prophecy in the Book of Revelation; Rev 1:9-11: John’s Charge to Write to the Seven Churches. ↩︎
  4. See Ezek 8:3; Hel 10:16-17; Acts 8:39-40; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 1, 217-218; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 414. ↩︎
  5. See 1 Ne 11:1; 2 Ne 4:25; Nibley, ADPGP, Lecture 17, 1; Black, JSPM, 172; Largey, BMRC, 584; and generally John’s Vision of the Two Beasts Compared with Nephi’s Visions. ↩︎
  6. See Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 568; Millet, ESGG, 107; Nyman, JTWM, 59; Largey, BMRC, 311; Brewster, BICQ, 196. ↩︎
  7. See Alford, GTCEC [Rev 17:1-20]; and cf. Jackson, SS, Vol. 5, 76-77. ↩︎
  8. See Keener, IVPNT, 762-763; Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1036; Edwards, FBNT [Rev 17:3]; Whedon, WCB [Rev 17:3]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:3]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:3]; Coke, TCC [Rev 17:1-6]. ↩︎
  9. See Draper, RJA, 641; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 221; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 17:3]. ↩︎
  10. See Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:3]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:3]; and generally Rev 12:6: The Premortal Apostasy in Heaven; Rev 12:14: The Church Is Nourished in the Wilderness. ↩︎
  11. See 1 Ne 13:4-5; Rev 6:9; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 439; and generally The Place and Date of John’s Prophecy in the Book of Revelation; Rev 6:9-10: Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal; Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD; Rev 12:17: The Dragon Makes War on the Woman’s Seed; Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD. ↩︎
  12. See generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  13. See Rev 17:1; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 434; Jackson, SS, Vol. 4, 251; Sperry, VOT, 117-118; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  14. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 381; Vincent, VWS [Rev 17:3]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 17:3]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:3]; Draper, RJA, 641-642. ↩︎
  15. See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 383; Lund, SWGL, 17; Joseph Fielding McConkie, GS, 257; Donald W. Parry, UI, 18; Draper, RJA, 646. ↩︎
  16. See Rev 17:6; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 529; Keener, IVPNT, 763; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 709; Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:3]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:3]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:3]; Dummelow, JDCB, 1086. ↩︎
  17. See Wiersbe, WEONT, 845; Vincent, VWS [Rev 17:3]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 17:3]; Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 17:3]; Seiss, ALBR, 396; but see Draper, RJA, 642; and generally An Overview of Satan’s Kingdom [Two Beasts] in Revelation 13. ↩︎
  18. See Rev 13:1; Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:3]; Walvoord, BKCNT, 970; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 709; and generally Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD. ↩︎
  19. See Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 438; Draper, OSS, 193, 276; Wiersbe, WEONT, 845. ↩︎
  20. Rev 17:9; and see Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 709; Henry, MHC, 2481; Seiss, ALBR, 385; and generally Rev 17:9: The Seven Heads and Mountains of Ancient Rome. ↩︎
  21. See Rev 17:10-12; but see Draper, RJA, 642; and generally Rev 17:4: The Woman Matures into the Great Whore; Rev 17:7: The Mystery of the Woman and the Beast to Be Explained; Rev 17:8: The Beast That Was, and Is Not, and Yet Is; Rev 17:10: Seven Earthly Kings Before the Second Coming; Rev 17:12-13: The Beast Empowers Ten Kings [Modern Nations]; Rev 17:14: The Latter-day War of the Kings/Beast with the Lamb; Rev 17:15: The Latter-day Whore Sits upon Many Waters. ↩︎
  22. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1036; Seiss, ALBR, 388. ↩︎
  23. See 1 Ne 14:11; Millet, ESGG, 107; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 54; Draper, RJA, 643; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 53-54; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎
  24. See Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 710; Poole, MPEA [Rev 17:3]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:3]; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 17:3]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:3]; Draper, RJA, 642. ↩︎
  25. See Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 1, 294; Morrison, TFT, 31; Joseph Fielding Smith, PM, 173; Roberts, OEH, 21-22; Nibley, ADPGP, Lecture 2, 4; and generally Rev 12:14: The Church Is Nourished in the Wilderness. ↩︎
  26. See M. Russell Ballard, CR, October 1994, “Restored Truth”, 85; Stuy, CD, Vol. 2, 168; Roberts, SCT, Vol. 2, 167; Joseph Fielding Smith, ECH, 9; and generally Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months; Rev 17:4: The Woman Matures into the Great Whore. ↩︎
  27. See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1036; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 383; Walvoord, BKCNT, 970; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 17:3]; Draper, RJA, 670. ↩︎
  28. See Rev 13:1; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 17:3]; Schaff, SPC [Rev 17:3]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 17:3]; and generally Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD. ↩︎
  29. See Rev 17:2; Schaff, SPC [Rev 17:3]; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 709-710; but see also Draper, RJA, 643; and generally Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]. ↩︎