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For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."
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Commentators unanimously highlight that this judgment demonstrates God's perfect justice. The punishment directly fits the crime: because the persecutors "poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets," they are given blood to drink. Scholars refer to this as the "law of retaliation" or a "measure for measure" judgment, affirming that God's actions are a righteous and fitting response to the shedding of innocent blood.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For they have shed the blood of saints. The nations here referred to. They have been engaged in scenes of bloody persecution, and this is …
For (οτ). Second causal conjunction (οτ) explanatory of the first οτ, like the two cases of οτ in 15:4.
They poured…
19th Century
Anglican
For they have shed . . .—Better, Because they shed (not, “have shed,” but did shed, or pour out
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Here the reference to blood calls forth the dialogue between the angel and the altar concerning the logic of the plagues. The blood that sinners dr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets Which shows that rivers and fountains cannot be literally unders…
We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence, …
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