Rev 17:6 | RWP | e4.org | Drunken with the blood of the saints ( μεθυουσαν εκ του αιματος των αγιων ). Present active feminine accusative singular participle of μεθυω , old verb, to be drunk ( ). Of the martyrs of Jesus ( των μαρτυρων Ιησου ). "Witnesses" ( ) for Jesus (objective genitive) unto blood ( ; ) and so martyrs in the modern sense of the word. "Drunk with blood" is a common idea with the ancients (Euripides, Josephus, Philo, Cicero, Pliny). With a great wonder ( θαυμα μεγα ). Cognate accusative with εθαυμασα .

‏ Revelation of John 17:6

Drunken with the blood of the saints ( μεθυουσαν εκ του αιματος των αγιων ). Present active feminine accusative singular participle of μεθυω, old verb, to be drunk (Mt 24:49).

Of the martyrs of Jesus ( των μαρτυρων Ιησου ). "Witnesses" (2:13) for Jesus (objective genitive) unto blood (16:6; 18:24) and so martyrs in the modern sense of the word. "Drunk with blood" is a common idea with the ancients (Euripides, Josephus, Philo, Cicero, Pliny).

With a great wonder ( θαυμα μεγα ). Cognate accusative with εθαυμασα.