Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 18:3 - 18:3

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Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 18:3 - 18:3


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By (ek). “As a result of.” Some MSS. omit “of the wine” (tou oinou). Cf. Rev 14:10; Rev 16:10.

Have fallen (peptōkan). Perfect active third personal of piptō for usual peptōkasi. Some MSS. read pepōkan (have drunk), from pinō like the metaphor in Rev 14:8, Rev 14:10; Rev 16:19; Rev 17:2. See Rev 17:2 for the same charge about the kings of the earth.

The merchants of the earth (hoi emporoi tēs gēs). Old word for one on a journey for trade (from en, poros), like drummers, in N.T. only Mat 13:45; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11, Rev 18:15, Rev 18:23. Like emporion (Joh 2:16) and emporeuomai (Jam 4:13).

Waxed rich (eploutēsan). First ingressive aorist active indicative of plouteō, to be rich (cf. Rev 3:17). Here alone in the N.T. do we catch a glimpse of the vast traffic between east and west that made Rome rich.

Of her wantonness (tou strēnous autēs). Late word for arrogance, luxury, here alone in N.T. See strēniaō in Rev 18:7, Rev 18:9, to live wantonly.