801.启18:24.“先知和圣徒，并地上一切被杀之人的血，都在这城里发现了”表对圣言、因而教会的一切真理的玷污和亵渎皆来自“大城巴比伦”所指的天主教，由此散发的虚假已经进入整个基督教界。“血”表示对圣言的歪曲、玷污和亵渎（327，379，684节）。“先知”表示所有那些处于来自圣言的神性真理之人，抽象来说，表示来自圣言的教义真理（8，133节）。“圣徒”表示那些属于主的教会之人，抽象来说，表示教会的神圣真理（173，586，666节）。“被杀之人”表示那些在灵性上被杀的人，因虚假而灭亡的人就被说成是在灵性上被杀（325节等）。“地”表示教会，故“地上一切被杀之人”表示基督教会中所有因虚假而灭亡的人；因为他们的虚假是从天主教散发出来的。在耶利米书，经上还论到巴比伦说：
全地被杀的人在那里（即巴比伦）。（耶利米书51:49，52）
以赛亚书：
路西弗，就是巴比伦，已摧毁了她的地，杀戮她的百姓。（以赛亚书14:20）
许多虚假已经从巴比伦宗教散发到改革宗教会（参看751节），那里解释了这句经文，即：
你所看见的那女人，就是有国管辖地上众王的大城。（启示录17:18）
801. 18:24 "And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those slain on the earth." This symbolically means that from the Roman Catholic religion, meant by the city of Babylon, comes the adulteration and profanation of all the truth of the Word and so of the church, and falsity has consequently emanated from it throughout the whole Christian world.
Blood symbolizes a falsification, adulteration and profanation of the Word (nos. 327, 379, 684). Prophets symbolize all who possess Divine truth from the Word, and abstractly, doctrinal truths drawn from the Word (nos. 8, 133). Saints, or holy ones, symbolize people who belong to the Lord's church, and abstractly, the church's sacred truths (nos. 173, 586, 666). Those slain symbolize people who have been slain spiritually, and those who are said to be slain spiritually are people who perish as a result of falsities (no. 325, and in a number of places elsewhere). Moreover, because the earth symbolizes the church, all those slain on the earth symbolize all in the Christian Church who have perished as a result of falsities, because the falsity they possess has emanated from the Roman Catholic religion.
Regarding Babylon we are told also in Jeremiah that the slain of all the earth are there (Jeremiah 51:49, 52), and in Isaiah that Lucifer, who in Isaiah is Babylon, has destroyed their land and slain its people (Isaiah 14:20).
That from the Roman Catholic religion have emanated many of the falsities in the Protestant Reformed churches may be seen in no. 751 above, where we explained the statement that "the woman whom you saw is the great city which holds sway over the kings of the earth" (Revelation 17:18).
801. [verse 24] 'And in her has been found the blood of the prophets and saints, and of all those slain upon the land' signifies that as the result of the form of religion that is understood by 'the city Babylon' there is the adulteration and profanation of every truth of the Word, and consequently of the Church, and that untruth has emanated therefrom into the whole of Christendom. By 'blood' is signified the falsification, adulteration and profanation of the Word (327, 379, 684). By 'the prophets' are signified all who are in Divine Truths out of the Word, and abstractly the truths of doctrine Out of the Word (8, 133). That by 'saints' are signified those belonging to the Lord's Church, and abstractly, the holy truths of the Church (173, 586, 666). That by the 'slain' are signified those who have been spiritually slain, and that they are said to be spiritually slain who perish by means of untruths (325 and frequently elsewhere). And because by' the land' the Church is signified, by 'all those slain upon the land' are signified all in the Christian Church who have perished by means of untruths, because the untruth with them has emanated from that form of religion. It is also said of Babel in Jeremiah, that:
There are the slain of every land. Jeremiah 51:49, 52; and in Isaiah that:
Lucifer (who there is Babel) has destroyed his hand, and slain his people. Isaiah 14:20.
That out of the Babylonish form of religion many untruths have emanated into the Churches of the Reformed may be seen above (751), where was expounded the statement that:
The woman thou hast seen is the great city having the kingdom over the kings of the land. Revelation 17:18.
801. Verse 24. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth, signifies that from the religious persuasion, which is meant by "the city Babylon," is the adulteration and profanation of every truth of the Word and thence of the church, and that falsity has emanated therefrom into the whole Christian world. By "blood" is signified the falsification, adulteration and profanation of the Word, (327, 379[1-7], 684). By "prophets" are signified all those who are in Divine truths from the Word, and abstractly truths of doctrine from the Word, (8, 133). That by "saints" are signified those who are of the Lord's church and abstractly the holy truths of the church, (173, 586, 666). That by "the slain" are signified those who are spiritually slain, and they are called spiritually slain who perish by falsities, (325, and in ma ny other places). And because by "earth" is signified the church, by "all that are slain on the earth" are signified all in the Christian church who have perished by falsities; because the falsity with them emanated from that religious persuasion. It is also said of Babel in Jeremiah, that:
There are the slain of all the earth, (Jeremiah 51:49, 52).
And in Isaiah, that:
Lucifer (which there is Babel) hath destroyed her land, and hath slain her people, (Isaiah 14:20).
That many falsities have emanated from the Babylonish religious persuasion into the churches of the Reformed, may be seen above, (751); where this passage was explained, that:
The woman whom thou sawest is the great city which hath a kingdom over the kings of the earth, (Revelation 17:18).
801. (Vers. 24.) "Et in ea Sanguis prophetarum et sanctorum inventus est, et omnium occisorum super terra," significat quod ex Religioso, quod per "Urbem Babylonem" intelligitur, sit adulteratio et prophanatio omnis veri Verbi et inde Ecclesiae, et quod inde emanaverit falsum in totum Christianum orbem. - Per "sanguinem" significatur falsificatio, adulteratio et prophanatio Verbi (327, 379, 684); per "prophetas" significantur omnes qui in Divinis veris ex Verbo sunt, et abstracte vera doctrinae ex Verbo (8, 133); quod per "sanctos" significentur qui ab Ecclesia Domini sunt, et abstracte sancta vera Ecclesiae (173, 586, 666); quod per "occisos" significentur qui spiritualiter occisi sunt, et quod spiritualiter occisi dicantur qui per falsa pereunt (325, et alibi pluries); et quia per "terram" significatur Ecclesia, per "omnes occisos terrae" significantur omnes in Christiana Ecclesia qui per falsa perierunt, quia falsum apud illos ex illo Religioso emanavit. Dicitur etiam de Babele apud Jeremiam quod Ibi sint confossi omnis terrae, (51:49, 52);
et apud Esajam quod "Lucifer," qui ibi est Babel, "terram suam perdiderit, et populum suum occiderit," (Esajas 14:20).
Quod ex Religioso Babylonico emanaverint plura falsa in Ecclesias Reformatorum, videatur supra (751), ubi explicatum est quod Mulier, quam vidisti, sit Urbs magna habens regnum super Reges terrae," (Apocalypsis 16:18).