Pahayag 17:4

Filipino Cebuano Bible

4 Ug ang babaye nagbistig purpora ug escarlata, ug may mga dayandayan nga bulawan ug mga batong hamili ug mga mutya; sa iyang kamot may gikuptan siya nga usa ka kopa nga bulawan nga napuno sa kangil-aran ug kahugawan sa iyang pagkamakihilawason;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arrayed: Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16

decked: Gr. gilded, Daniel 11:38

golden: Revelation 14:8, Revelation 18:6, Revelation 19:2, Jeremiah 51:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10

abominations: Deuteronomy 29:17, 1 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 21:2, Isaiah 66:3, Ezekiel 20:30, Hosea 9:10

filthiness: Ezra 9:11, Lamentations 1:9, Ezekiel 24:11, Ezekiel 24:13, Ezekiel 36:25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:15 - an abomination Joshua 1:14 - the mighty Judges 8:26 - purple 1 Kings 11:7 - abomination 1 Kings 18:4 - cut off the prophets 2 Kings 9:22 - the whoredoms 2 Chronicles 15:8 - abominable idols Job 28:18 - pearls Isaiah 47:12 - General Jeremiah 4:30 - Though Jeremiah 44:4 - this Ezekiel 28:13 - every Daniel 2:32 - head Habakkuk 2:19 - it is Luke 16:19 - clothed 1 Peter 4:3 - and Revelation 12:3 - a great Revelation 17:1 - the great Revelation 17:3 - a woman Revelation 21:21 - the twelve Revelation 21:27 - worketh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,.... Which may be expressive of her grandeur, authority, and power, sitting as a queen, and sovereign in the empire, ruling over kingdoms and nations in it; and also of her bloody disposition to the saints, with whose blood she is afterwards said to be drunk;

and decked with gold and precious stones, and pearls; which may denote her hypocrisy, she being gilded with these things, as the word signifies, when she was inwardly rotten, corrupt, and filthy; and may point out the things by which persons have been enticed into the communion of the church of Rome, and to comply with her idolatrous worship and practices; and may also respect the prodigious riches, which have, by various methods, been brought into the pope's coffers; these, with other things, are reckoned among the merchandise of Babylon, Revelation 18:12 and particularly this may have reference to the adorning of their temples, or churches, and the decking of their images, with those things; which gaudy pompous shows strike the minds of carnal men, amuse them, and engage their attention. So Philo k the Jew describes an whore as arrayed in purple, and adorned with gold and precious stones; see Proverbs 7:10.

Having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication; in allusion to Babylon, Jeremiah 51:7 and also to harlots, who give philters or love potions to men, to excite lust, and draw their affections to them; and this being a golden cup may design the external lustre and splendour of the worship of the church of Rome, by which many have been drawn into a compliance with it, which is attended with many abominable, filthy, and idolatrous practices: and perhaps some regard may be had to the golden chalice, in which, it is pretended, is the very blood of Christ, which the priests take as such, and worship and adore, and is no other than an abominable and filthy piece of idolatry; and such are the persons that partake of it; like the Pharisees of old, they make clean the outside of the cup and platter; glister, and make a great show of devotion, but within are full of extortion and excess.

k De Mercede Meretricis non recip. p. 861.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour - On the nature of the scarlet color, see the notes on Revelation 17:3. The purple color - πορφύρα porphura - was obtained from a species of shellfish found on the coasts of the Mediterranean, which yielded a reddish-purple dye, much prized by the ancients. Robes dyed in that color were commonly worn by persons of rank and wealth, Mark 15:17, Mark 15:20; Luke 16:19. The purple color contains more blue than the crimson, though the limits are not very accurately defined, and the words are sometimes interchanged. Thus the mock robe put on the Saviour is called in Mark 15:17, Mark 15:20, πορφύραν porphuran - “purple,” and in Matthew 27:28, κοκκίνην kokkinēn - “crimson.” On the applicability of this to the papacy, see the notes on Revelation 17:3.

And decked with gold - After the manner of an harlot, with rich jewelry.

And precious stones - Sparkling diamonds, etc.

And pearls - Also a much-valued female ornament. Compare the notes on Matthew 7:6; Matthew 13:46.

Having a golden cup in her hand - As if to entice lovers. See the notes on Revelation 14:8.

Full of abominations - Of abominable things; of things suited to excite abhorrence and disgust; things unlawful and forbidden. The word, in the Scriptures, is commonly used to denote the impurities and abominations of idolatry. See the notes on Daniel 9:27. The meaning here is, that it seemed to be a cup filled with wine, but it was in fact a cup full of all abominable drugs, leading to all kinds of corruption. How much in accordance this is with the fascinations of the papacy, it is not necessary now to say, after the ample illustrations of the same thing already furnished in these notes.

And filthiness of her fornication - The image here is that of papal Rome, represented as an abandoned woman in gorgeous attire, alluring by her arts the nations of the earth, and seducing them into all kinds of pollution and abomination. It is a most remarkable fact that the papacy, as if designing to furnish a fulfillment of this prophecy, has chosen to represent itself almost precisely in this manner - as a female extending an alluring cup to passers by - as will be seen by the engraving on this page. Far as the design of striking this medal may have been from confirming this portion of the Book of Revelation, yet no one can fail to see that if this had been the design, no more happy illustration could have been adopted. Apostate churches, and guilty nations, often furnish the very proofs necessary to confirm the truth of the Scriptures.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 17:4. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication — This strikingly represents the most pompous and costly manner in which the Latin Church has held forth to the nations the rites and ceremonies of its idolatrous and corrupt worship.