Revelation 14:20

“And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, for one thousand six hundred stadia.”

Revelation 14:20 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Isaiah 63:3

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Both texts speak of the trodden winepress and of the blood that spatters.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • ἐπατήθηepatēthēG3961דָּרַכְתִּיdarajtiH1869“tread, trample”
  • αἷμαhaimaG129נִצְחָnitsajH5332“blood”

Revelation 14:20, word by word

the winepressληνὸςlēnos

winepress

Winepress: the trough where grapes were trodden.

Where else “lēnos” appears
was troddenἐπατήθηepatēthē

tread, trample

Tread, walk on; trample.

Where else “epatēthē” appears
outsideἔξωθενexōthen

outside

From outside, on the outside.

Where else “exōthen” appears
the cityπόλεωςpoleōs

city, town

City, town.

Where else “poleōs” appears
bloodαἷμαhaima

blood

The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.

Where else “haima” appears
came outἐξῆλθενexēlthen

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

Where else “exēlthen” appears
up toἄχριachri

until

Until; as far as.

Where else “achri” appears
the bridlesχαλινῶνchalinōn

bridle, bit

Bridle, bit in a horse's mouth.

Where else “chalinōn” appears
of the horsesἵππωνhippōn

horse

Horse.

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one thousandχιλίωνchiliōn

thousand

A thousand.

Where else “chiliōn” appears
six hundredἑξακοσίωνhexakosiōn

six hundred

Six hundred.

Where else “hexakosiōn” appears
stadiaσταδίωνstadiōn

stadion

A distance measure of about 185 meters.

Where else “stadiōn” appears

Translation note

One thousand six hundred stadia: about three hundred kilometers. It recalls Isaiah 63:3.

The context

19And the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the fury of God.

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