{By} (ek). "As a result of." Some MSS. omit "of the wine"
(	ou oinou). Cf.  14:10  16:10 . {Have fallen} (pept(936b)an).
Perfect active third personal of pipt(935c) for usual pept(936b)asi.
Some MSS. read pep(936b)an (have drunk), from pin(935c) like the
metaphor in  14:8,10  16:19  17:2 . See  17:2  for the same
charge about the kings of the earth. {The merchants of the earth}
(hoi emporoi t(8873) g(8873)). Old word for one on a journey for trade
(from en, poros), like drummers, in N.T. only  Mt 13:45  Re
18:3,11,15,23 . Like emporion ( Joh 2:16 ) and emporeuomai
( Jas 4:13 ). {Waxed rich} (eplout(8873)an). First ingressive
aorist active indicative of ploute(935c), to be rich (cf.  3:17 ).
Here alone in the N.T. do we catch a glimpse of the vast traffic
between east and west that made Rome rich. {Of her wantonness}
(	ou str(886e)ous aut(8873)). Late word for arrogance, luxury, here
alone in N.T. See str(886e)ia(935c) in verses  7,9 , to live wantonly.