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\ σσ, ώρα, , καὶ ΄ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ὃ καυµατίσαι "τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν πυρί:
. 4 εἴς Ο. και α {.ε. the
>. , chs x sun, ἐκαυματίσθησαν ot ἄνθρωποι “Kadpa péya, καὶ ° ἐβλασφήμησαν τὸ b Contrast
3” A “ α mW a ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἔχοντος τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ tas πληγὰς ταύτας,
καὶ οὐ µετενόησαν * δοῦναι αὐτῷ δόξαν.
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THY Φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν * θρόνον τοῦ θηρίου: καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ , ~h a
βασιλεία αὐτοῦ " ἐσκοτωμένη: καὶ |! ἐμασῶντο τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν
k 2 θες λ a a ἐκ τοῦ πόνου 11. καὶ ἐβλασφήμησαν τὸν θεὸν ' τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκ
τῶν |
τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν.
Ραὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἑτοιμασθῇ ἡ
ἡλίου. 13. καὶ εἶδον : ἐκ
, 4 ~ a a πόνων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑλκῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ " µετενόησαν “ex,
‘ A 13. καὶ 6 ἕκτος ἐξέχεε τὴν Φφιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ
vii. 16 with this scorch- ing.
c generic, or with ref. to 2, 6.
d vii. 16;
am. Aey.
‘Bt :
1Ο. καὶ 6 πέμπτος ἐξέχεε
ix. 20-21. f Inf. of
conceived “τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν µέγαν " Εὐφράτην: "καὶ Ἱἐξηράνθη τὸ ὕδωρ ο πλ ὀδὸς τῶν βασιλέων τῶν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ος, 2 ευ» τοῦ στόματος τοῦ δράκοντος καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ae aie , nw , a 3 - , lol s Ul πι στόματος τοῦ θηρίου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόµατος τοῦ "ψευδοπροφήτου with a t , be κε το i Hf Rice ass The t πνεύματα *tpia " ἀκάθαρτα, ὡς " βάτραχοι’ 14. εἰσὶ γὰρ πνεύματα ὦ ο ορε δαιµονίων " ποιοῦντα σημεῖα ἃ ἐκπορεύεται ἐπὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῆς ο is disap- a pointed. h viii. 12, Ps. cv. 28, Exod. x. arf, i Sc.
g xiii. 2; = kingdom, Prov. xvi. 12, xx. 28, xxv. 5. ot τῆς βασ.; cf. Apoc. Pet. 28-29. 13, Dan. ii. 19. n ii. 21-22. Win. § 15, 50, § 20, gc.
k = ἀπό Mt. xvi. 26. ο ix. 14; see Gen. xv. 18, Deut. i. 7, etc. On abs. of article, cf. p Cf. Josh. iii. 17, Zech. x. 11.
1 xxi. 4, Just. A pol. i. 8. m Xi.
q Isa. xi. 15, xliv. 27. τ Posi-
tion of phrase ‘one of several traces of a tendency to attempt the rhetorical order of ordinary
Greek” (Sx.). trast to three angels of xiv. 6f.?
Dragon here seen by seer for first time (ο/. xii. 1, xiii. 1). u Marki. 26, etc.
5 xiii. 11. { Con- ν For frogs as specially odious agents
of Ahriman, cf. Plut. de Iside, 46; source of plagues and death (SBE. iv. 203). For irreg. constr.,
cf. ἔχων in xiv. 14. ιά
prophets are ἅγιοι, but all ἅγιοι are not prophets.
Ver. ο. Failure to honour the true God, a note of the heathen spirit (as in xi. 13, xiv. 7; Rom. i. 28). See Introd., § 6. For the general idea, cf. 2 Clem. ix.: ‘‘ while we have opportunity of be- ing healed, let us give ourselves over to God the healer, giving him a recom- pense. And what recompense? Repen- tance from a sincere heart... . Let us give him eternal praise.”
Vv. 10-11. The ninth Egyptian plague of darkness (due to the eclipse, cf. viii. 12?) falls on Rome, aggravating the pre- vious pains of the Romans (ver. 2) and driving them into exasperation and fresh blasphemy instead of repentance. The repetition of 11 b, after 9, is characteris- tic of Oriental impressiveness (cf. Jer. XXX. 2, xxxi. I, etc.), but it sums up the effect of the first four plagues.
Vv. 12-16. To facilitate the invasion of the empire (xvii. 12, 16) by the Parthians (ix. 14 f.) under Nero redivivus (cf. xix. 19), as in 4 Esd. xiii. 43-47 to let the ten tribes return in safety from captivity, the Euphrates is to be dried up in the latter days, like the Jordan before Joshua or
W xiii. 13, xix. 20, Matt. xxiv. 24, 2 Th. ii. 9.
the Euphrates itself when Cyrus cap- tured Babylon (Herod. i. 191).