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Revelation 18:24
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The angel pronounces judgment on fallen Babylon at the conclusion of her lament, following the declaration that her commercial empire and deceptive influence have collapsed. The text states that an audit of her condition will reveal accumulated violence against God's people and all victims of earthly systems.
The words — αἷμα (haima) means blood, and εὑρέθη (heurethē) means was found, forming the phrase "blood was found in her" to denote a discovered record of guilt.
The thread — The accumulated blood guilt motif runs through Revelation 16:6 and 17:6, where divine retribution mirrors the violence inflicted on prophets and saints. Jeremiah 51:49 establishes the principle that a city's destruction corresponds directly to the lives it destroyed.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that systemic violence leaves an inescapable record that justice will audit. It calls the reader to account for participation in structures that consume the innocent.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Cross-references
- Revelation 17:6 I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
- Revelation 16:6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- Jeremiah 51:49 “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
- Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Revelation 19:2 For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Daniel 7:21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,
- Matthew 23:35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Revelation 11:7 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things