John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 17:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the woman which thou sawest, etc.] (<661703>Revelation 17:3) as there described, is that great city, often mentioned in this book; great Babylon, the city of Rome, (<661108>Revelation 11:8 14:8 16:19) which reigneth over the kings of the earth; which then reigned in John's time over the kings of the earth; and this clearly points out the city of Rome, for there was no other city then, but that, which reigned over the kings of the earth; that was then the metropolis of the Roman empire, to which the whole world was subject; and therefore it is called all the world, (<420201>Luke 2:1) and since, all the kings of the empire have been under the jurisdiction of Rome Papal. It was formerly called Urbs Regum, a “city of kings” f409, either for the reason in the text, or because its inhabitants looked like kings.

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