Ḥazon (Revelation) 13
13
1And I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads names of blasphemy.
2And the beast I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
3And I saw one of his heads, as having been slain to death, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth marvelled after the beast.
4And they worshipped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to fight with him?”
5And he was given a mouth speaking great matters and blasphemies, and he was given authority to do so forty-two months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against Elohim, to blaspheme His Name, and His Tent, and those dwelling in the heaven.
7And it was given to him to fight with the set-apart ones and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and tongue and nation.
8And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the world shall worship him.
9If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
10He who brings into captivity shall go into captivity, he who kills with the sword has to be killed with the sword.#Jer. 15:2; Jer. 43:11#See also Gen. 9:6. Compare Rev. 13 with Dan. 7. Here is the endurance and the belief of the set-apart ones.
11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
12And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13And he does great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from the heaven on the earth before men.
14And he leads astray those dwelling on the earth because of those signs which he was given to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword, yet lived.
15And there was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause to be killed as many as would not worship the image of the beast.
16And he causes all, both small and great, and rich and poor, and free and slave, to be given a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,
17and that no one should be able to buy or sell except he that has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18Here is the wisdom! He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty six.#Some ancient manuscripts have 616 instead of 666.
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Revelation 13
13
1And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.#Dn 7:3 It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,#13:1 Or diadems#Rv 12:3 and on its heads were blasphemous names.#13:1 Other mss read heads was a blasphemous name#Rv 17:3 2The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth.#Dn 7:4–6 The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. 3One of its heads appeared to be fatally wounded, but its fatal wound was healed.
The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.#Rv 17:8 4They worshiped the dragon#Rv 12:3 because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast?#Ex 15:11; Is 46:5 Who is able to wage war against it?”
5The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies.#Dn 7:8,11,20 It was allowed to exercise authority#13:5 Other mss read to wage war#13:5 Or to rule for forty-two months.#Rv 11:2 6It began to speak#13:6 Or He opened his mouth in blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling — those who dwell in heaven. 7And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them.#Rv 12:17 It was also given authority#Jr 27:6; Dn 7:6,14; Lk 4:6; Jn 19:11 over every tribe, people, language, and nation.#Rv 5:9; 7:9; 11:9; 14:6 8All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book#13:8 Or scroll of life#Ex 32:32–33; Ps 69:28; Php 4:3; Rv 3:5; 17:8; 20:12,15; 21:27 of the Lamb who was slaughtered.#13:8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered from the foundation of the world#1Pt 1:19–20; Rv 5:6,12; 7:14
9If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.#Mt 11:15; Rv 2:7,11,17,19; 3:6,13,22
10If anyone is to be taken captive,
into captivity he goes.
If anyone is to be killed#13:10 Other mss read anyone kills with a sword,
with a sword he will be killed.#Jr 15:2; 43:11
This calls for endurance#13:10 Or Here is the perseverance and faithfulness from the saints.#Rv 14:12
The Beast from the Earth
11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,#13:11 Or ram#Dn 8:3 but it spoke like a dragon. 12It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13It also performs great signs,#Dt 13:1–3; Mk 13:22; 2Th 2:9–11 even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.#1Kg 18:38; 2Kg 1:10; Lk 9:54 14It deceives those who live on the earth#Rv 12:9 because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast,#2Th 2:9–12; Rv 19:20 telling those who live on the earth to make an image#13:14 Or a statue, or a likeness of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15It was permitted to give breath#13:15 Or a spirit, or life to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.#Dn 3:5–6; Rv 20:4 16And it makes everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,#Rv 14:1,9,11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4 17so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of its name.
18This calls for wisdom:#13:18 Or Here is wisdom#Rv 17:9 Let the one who has understanding calculate#13:18 Or count, or figure out the number of the beast, because it is the number of a person. Its number is 666.#13:18 Other Gk mss read 616
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