a passage was underlined in red ink with a shaky hand , revelations 11:7-8 : ... the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them , and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called sodom ... next to the open bible , like instruments set out upon an altar , were a crucifix and a small glass bottle eph presumed to be holy water .