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Was trodden (epatēthē). First aorist passive indicative of pateō, to tread. The image of treading out the grapes is a familiar one in the East. Perhaps Isa 63:3 is in mind.
Without the city (exōthen tēs poleōs). Ablative case with exōthen (like exō). This was the usual place (Heb 13:12). See exōthen in Rev 11:2. Joel (Joe 3:12) pictures the valley of Jehoshaphat as the place of the slaughter of God’s enemies. Cf. Zec 14:4.
Blood from the winepress (haima ek tēs lēnou). Bold imagery suggested by the colour of the grapes.
Unto the bridles (achri tōn chalinōn). Old word (from chalaō to slacken), in N.T. only here and Jam 3:3. Bold picture.
As far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs (apo stadiōn chiliōn hexakosiōn). A peculiar use of apo, for “distance from (of)” as also in Joh 11:18; Joh 21:8, somewhat like the use of pro in Joh 12:1. The distance itself covers the length of Palestine, but it is more likely that “the metaphor is worked out with the exuberance of apocalyptic symbolism” (Swete) for the whole earth.