Revelation 17:9

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

(Here there is need for the discerning mind.) The seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman is seated.

Cross References

Matthew 13:11

"To you," answered Jesus, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.

Matthew 24:15

As soon, then, as you see 'the Foul Desecration,' mentioned by the Prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place," (the reader must consider what this means)

Revelation 13:1

Then I saw, 'rising out of the sea, a wild Beast with ten horns' and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.

Revelation 13:18

(Here there is need for discernment.) Let him who has the ability compute the number of the Beast; for the number indicates a man's name. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Revelation 17:18

As for the woman whom you saw, she is the great city that holds sway over all the kings of the earth.'

Revelation 17:3

And he bore me away in a trance to a lonely place, and I saw a woman seated upon a scarlet Beast, which was covered with blasphemous names; it had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:7

but the angel said to me-- 'Why were you amazed? I will tell you the mystic meaning of the vision of this woman, and of the Beast, with the seven heads and ten horns, that carries her.