Revelation 17:7

“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The angel addresses the narrator immediately after the narrator declares utter amazement at the sight of the woman drunk with the blood of the saints. The words — The Greek term ἐθαυμασας (ethaumasas) literally means "did you marvel?" and records the narrator's stunned reaction to the preceding vision. The thread — This dialogue continues the angel's revelation initiated in Revelation 17:1 and directly introduces the beast described in Revelation 17:8. Why it lands — The verse demands the reader recognize that divine revelation follows human astonishment and requires the narrator to receive and transmit the mystery of the woman and the beast.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

Cross-references

Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.