He carried me away (απηνεγκεν με). Second aorist active indicative of αποφερω, to bear away, prophetic aorist. This verb is used o…

So he carried me away in the spirit. In vision. He seemed to himself to be carried away in this manner; or the scene which he is …

So he carried. . . .—Better, And he carried me away into a wilderness in spirit: and I saw a woman sitting upon a wild beast o…

John is carried in the Spirit (cf. 4:2; 21:10) into a “desert,” where he again sees ancient Babylon (Isaiah 14:23; [Reference Isaiah 21…

So he carried me away in the spirit
Not in body, as if he was removed from the isle of Patmos to some other place; b…

Rome clearly appears to be meant in this chapter. Pagan Rome subdued and ruled with military power, not by artifice and flatteries. She generally l…