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Revelation 18

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revelation.18.rev183Nations

πέπτωκαν / πέπωκαν

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Have the nations fallen or drunk from Babylon’s wine?

Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, and the Byzantine text read ‘have fallen’; NA28 reads ‘have drunk.’ The single-letter difference produces distinct textual outcomes.

Why this default

The default ‘have fallen’ has broader support across the cited Greek traditions and fits the chapter’s opening declaration of Babylon’s fall, though ‘have drunk’ coheres strongly with the wine image.

Evidence

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Project defaultfallen because of

Project default · πέπτωκαν, fell

Witnessesπέπτωκαν — WH, Tregelles, Byzantine text
Alternativedrunk from

Alternate text · πέπωκαν, drank

Witnessesπέπωκαν — NA28

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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