[B-Greek] Revelation 16:19 - the great city
Robert Dee
rdee at coastalnow.net
Mon Dec 26 16:24:11 EST 2005
My question is concerning Revelation 16:19. (I am not enrolled anywhere as a student of Greek, by the way.)
Grammatically speaking, are "the great city," in this verse, and "Babylon the Great" two seperate entities?
That is, would someone reading this in Greek get the idea that John was referring to two different entites
before he did any additional research? Or, is there something here in Rev 16:19 itself that gives an indication
that both of these are the same?
I know many commentaries say these are the same, often pointing to Rev. 17:18. But Rev 11:8 also
refers to a "great city." (Unless, of course, one views Rev 11:8 and 17:18 as the same city.) Incidentally,
a footnote to this verse in the Ronald Knox translation reads: " 'The Great City' may be Jerusalem (11:8); but
many commentators understand a double reference in this verse to Babylon, that is, Rome."
By the way, a similar question was posted in Jul, 1996, but no response was given in the BGreek forum.
I have tried to phrase this to stay within the parameters of this list. My apologies if I went to far.
Thank you very much in advance for your kind expertise.
Robert
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