Read the Introduction by Rev. Robert Maguire, D. D.
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Captain Pope

"POPE, well worthy of a place amid the chief persecutors, and well described by the device upon the escutcheon of his standard-bearer—'The stake, the flame, and the good man in it!'"[2]

Captain Judas

"JUDAS, with the blood-money of the traitor, who sold his Master"[2]

Captain Absalom

"ABSALOM, the type of those men who would persecute even their own flesh, recognizing no tie of affection, no claim of relationship, no bond of brotherhood or sonship;"[2]

Captain Saul

"SAUL, with his malice and envy against David, the chosen of the Lord"[2]

Captain Esau

"ESAU, who hated his brother, and thirsted for his blood;"[2]

Captain Ishmael

"ISHMAEL, the scorner of the holy seed, the vagrant of the desert, a man of blood—'his hand against every man, and every man’s hand against him;'"[2]

Captain Nimrod

"NIMROD; the mighty hunter, the beginning of whose kingdom was Babel, commenced in presumption, and ended in confusion."[2]

Army of Blood-Men

"the names of the captains of the army of Blood-men are suggestive, embodying those names which are in Holy Scripture, or in human history, associated with rapine, hatred, and bloodshed; "[2]

Captain Cain

"CAIN, who slew his brother, the first martyr to the witness of truth."[2]

Sources


1. Rev. George Burder, Explanatory, Experimental and Practical Notes. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [Pref. 1803.]
2. Rev. Robert Maguire, Annotations. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1866.
3. John Bunyan, The Holy War.
4. Charlie Doe, my own comments.