1 Of the Lamb and the Dragon, i. e. of Christ and Satan, or in the Greek ?????? and d?a???. The same antithesis is implied between the Lamb and the two Beasts to whom the Dragon gives his power, as shown by the Greek names ?????? and ??????.

2 Of the Bride and the Harlot, i. e. of the True Church and the Faithless World, or in the Greek ??f? and ?????.

A like antithesis also exists between the Woman (cf. ch. 12) and the Harlot, G??? and ?????.

3 Of Jerusalem and Babylon, i. e. of the Holy City and the Unholy or the Great City, ?e???sa?? and ?a????.

The full antithesis is found in the final contrast between the New Jerusalem and the Old Babylon, the City of God and the City of Sin, or the Redeemed Church and the Godless World.