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Drunken with the blood of the saints (methuousan ek tou haimatos tōn hagiōn). Present active feminine accusative singular participle of methuō, old verb, to be drunk (Mat 24:49).
Of the martyrs of Jesus (tōn marturōn Iēsou). “Witnesses” (Rev 2:13) for Jesus (objective genitive) unto blood (Rev 16:6; Rev 18:24) and so martyrs in the modern sense of the word. “Drunk with blood” is a common idea with the ancients (Euripides, Josephus, Philo, Cicero, Pliny).
With a great wonder (thauma mega). Cognate accusative with ethaumasa.