Revelation 17:4 (WEB)
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“But that woman who, when she was in sin and ought to have wept, nevertheless rejoiced, and covered herself with a robe of purple and scarlet, and adorned herself with much gold and precious stones, now mourns the misery of eternal weeping.” — editor's note: Rev. xvii. 4.
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Jerome
“Read the apocalypse of John, and consider what is sung therein of the woman arrayed in purple, and of the blasphemy written upon her brow, of the seven mountains, of the many waters, and of the end of Babylon.” — editor's note: Rev. xvii. 4, 5, 9; i. 15; xvii; xviii.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And that woman was clothed with a purple and scarlet robe; and she was adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of curses, and impurity, and fornication of the whole earth.”” — editor's note: Rev. xvii. 1–4.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.37.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.37.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.37.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.37.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.37.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.10.