John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 18:4
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Ver. 4. Another voice ] This was Christ’s voice, whether mediate or immediate it appears not. SeeJeremiah 51:45; Jeremiah 51:45 . My people ] A people Christ had, and still hath, where Antichrist most prevaileth. There are thought to be no less than 20,000 Protestants in Seville itself, a chief city of Spain. Even in Italy there are full... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 18:3
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Ver. 3. For all nations ] All Roman Catholics. The merchants of the earth ] καπηλευειν . The Popish emissaries that huckster the word and make merchandise of men’s souls, 2 Peter 2:3 , after they have taken them prisoners, and made prizes of them, 2 Timothy 3:6 ,... read more