SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:21
Y un fuerte ngel tom una piedra como una gran muela de molino, y la ech en el mar, diciendo: Con tanto ímpetu ser derribada Babilonia, aquella gran ciudad, y nunca jams ser hallada.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 18:21
Verse 21. Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down] This action is finely and forcibly expressed by the original words: outwv ormhmati blhqhsetai babulwn h megalh poliv. The millstone will in falling have not only an accelerated force from the law of gravitation, but that force will be greatly increased by the projectile force impressed upon it by the power of the destroying angel. Shall be found no more at all.] In her government, consequence, or influence. This is true of ancient Babylon; we are not certain even of the place where it stood. It is also true of Jerusalem; her government, consequence, and influence are gone. It is not true of Rome pagan; nor, as yet, of Rome papal: the latter still exists, and the former is most intimately blended with it; for in her religions service Rome papal has retained her language, and many of her heathen temples has she dedicated to saints real or reputed, and incorporated many of her superstitions and absurdities in a professedly Christian service. It is true also that many idols are now restored under the names of Christian saints!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. And a mighty angel , etc.] Not Christ, nor one of the ministering spirits, but some man or set of men, perhaps the same with him in ( Revelation 18:1) took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea ; just as Jeremiah took a stone and bound it to his book after he had read it, and cast it into the river Euphrates, as a sign and token of the destruction of old Babylon, ( Jeremiah 51:63,64 Exodus 15:5 Nehemiah 9:11) saying, thus with violence shall that great city be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all ; which is expressive of the utter destruction of Rome, and of the violence, force, and power with which it will be destroyed, and of the suddenness and swiftness of its destruction, and of the irrecoverableness of its state and condition.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-24 - That which is matter of rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, i matter of rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who ar honoured and daily worshipped at Rome in an idolatrous manner, wil rejoice in her fall. The fall of Babylon was an act of God's justice And because it was a final ruin, this enemy should never molest the any more; of this they were assured by a sign. Let us take warning from the things which brought others to destruction, and let us set ou affections on things above, when we consider the changeable nature of earthly things __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ηρεν 142 5656 V-AAI-3S εις 1520 A-NSM αγγελος 32 N-NSM ισχυρος 2478 A-NSM λιθον 3037 N-ASM ως 5613 ADV μυλον 3458 N-ASM μεγαν 3173 A-ASM και 2532 CONJ εβαλεν 906 5627 V-2AAI-3S εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF θαλασσαν 2281 N-ASF λεγων 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSM ουτως 3779 ADV ορμηματι 3731 N-DSN βληθησεται 906 5701 V-FPI-3S βαβυλων 897 N-NSF η 3588 T-NSF μεγαλη 3173 A-NSF πολις 4172 N-NSF και 2532 CONJ ου 3756 PRT-N μη 3361 PRT-N ευρεθη 2147 5686 V-APS-3S ετι 2089 ADV
Vincent's NT Word Studies
21. A mighty angel (eiv aggelov iscurov). Lit., "one strong angel." A great millstone. See on Matt. xviii. 6.With violence (ormhmati). Lit. with an impulse or rush. Only here in the New Testament.
