‏ Revelation of John 18:24

 In her ( εν αυτη ). In Rome.

 Was found ( ευρεθη ). First aorist passive indicative of  ευρισκω. See 16:6; 17:6 for the blood already shed by Rome. Rome "butchered to make a Roman holiday" (Dill, Roman Society, p. 242) not merely gladiators, but prophets and saints from Nero's massacre A.D. 64 to Domitian and beyond.

 Of all that have been slain ( παντων των εσφαγμενων ). Perfect passive articular participle genitive plural of  σφαζω, the verb used of the Lamb slain (5:9, 12; 13:8). Cf. Mt 23:35 about Jerusalem.

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