Discovery BoxRevelation 17:18 
Context17:18 As for 1 the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”
Revelation 18:5
Context18:5 because her sins have piled 2 up all the way to heaven 3 and God has remembered 4 her crimes. 5
Revelation 19:16
Context19:16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: “King of kings and Lord of lords.”
1 tn Grk “And.” Because this remark is somewhat resumptive in nature, “as for” is used in the translation.
2 tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
3 tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
4 tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
5 tn Or “her sins.”
