Revelation 17: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Revelation 17 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

One of the seven angels shows John the judgment of the great prostitute. She sits on many waters and has led the kings of the earth into sexual immorality (vv. 1-2).

Key verse

“He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.”
Revelation 17:15 (WEB)

Outline

Revelation 17:1–2 The Great Prostitute Revealed
Revelation 17:3–6 The Woman on the Beast
Revelation 17:7–11 The Mystery Explained
Revelation 17:12–14 The Kings and Their Alliance
Revelation 17:15–18 The Waters and the City

Discussion questions

In v6, why is the woman described as 'drunken with the blood of the saints'?
What is written on the woman's forehead in v5?
In v8, what does it mean that the beast 'was, and is not'?
Why does the angel mention 'seven mountains' in v9?
When have you felt drawn into a situation that mirrored the 'sexual immorality' of the woman in v2?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Revelation 17: Revelation 13, Revelation 18, Romans 8.

Before next time: read Revelation 18.