Revelation 17:6 Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. This woman (called the great whore) is that great city, Rome, and the Roman monarchy, who in St. John’ s time reigned over the kings of the earth, whom John saw drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. Which words imply first, that she shed their blood, as. \ Secondly, that she thirsted unsatiably after their blood, for she was drunken with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus, as Revelation 11:7; Revelation 18:24. Thirdly, that she thereby merited all that blood that God will give her to drink, \ for she is worthy, for in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that was shed upon the earth. \ And when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.