{How long} (he(9373) pote). "Until when." Cf. Mt 7:17 Joh
10:24 . {O Master} (ho despot(8873)). Nominative articular form,
but used as vocative (despota) as in 4:11 ( Joh 20:28 ). On
despot(8873) (correlative of doulos) see Lu 2:29 . Here (alone
in the Apocalypse) it is applied to God as in Lu 2:29 Ac 4:24 ,
but to Christ in Jude 1:4 2Pe 2:1 . {The holy and true} (ho
hagios kai al(8874)hinos). See 3:7 for these attributes of God.
{Avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth} (ekdikeis
to haima h(886d)(936e) ek t(936e) katoikount(936e) epi t(8873) g(8873)). This same idiom
in 19:2 and see it also in Lu 18:7f. , "a passage which goes
far to answer many questions in theodicy" (Swete). We find
ekdike(935c), late compound, used with ek as here in De 18:19 1Sa 24:13 , but with apo in Lu 18:3 . For epi t(8873) g(8873) (upon
the earth) see 3:10 .
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