Revelation 17

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, [they] whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come. 3
  • 17:3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 1
  • 17:17 For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites Rev. xvii. 8

    …uffering of the lost. Rev. xxi. 8, defines what “death” means when used in the scriptures Rev. xvii. 8, compared with Rev. xix. 20, shows what perdition or destruction means in the scriptures.…

  2. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    Ruth’s Resolution cites Rev. xvii. 17

    …f the gospel, to invite the guests. And the Son himself invites you: ’tis he that speaks, Rev. xvii. 17, “And let him that heareth say, Come; and let him that is athirst, come; and whosoever wi…

  3. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is There a Literal Hell? cites Rev. 17:8

    …His terms. He Himself has given us in the Bible a definition of "destruction." We read in Rev. 17:8, 11: "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless …

  4. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites Rev. 17:8

    …not the gospel is "everlasting destruction." What does "everlasting destruction" mean? In Rev. 17:8, 11 we are told that the beast goeth into "destruction," so if we can find out where the …

  5. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites Rev. 17:3

    …heads and ten horns. It made great havoc of children, and yet it was governed by a woman. Rev. 17:3. This monster propounded conditions to men; and such men as loved their lives more than t…