Revelation 13
13
The Two Beasts
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Dan 7.3;
Rev 17.3,7-12. And I stood#13.1 I stood. Some early manuscripts have he stood. upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2#Dan 7.4-6. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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Dan 7.8,25; 11.36. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7#Dan 7.21. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8#Ps 69.28. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10#Jer 15.2. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Revelation 13
13
The Beast from the Sea
1And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. # Dn 7:3 He # The beasts in Rv 13:1,11 are customarily referred to as “he” or “him” rather than “it.” The Gk word for a beast (therion) is grammatically neuter. had 10 horns and seven heads. On his horns were 10 diadems, # Rv 12:3 and on his heads were blasphemous names. # Other mss read heads was a blasphemous name # Rv 17:3 2The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. # Dn 7:4-6 The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3One of his heads appeared to be fatally wounded, # Lit be slain to death but his fatal wound was healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast. # Lit amazed after 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 him? ”
5A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. # Dn 7:8,11,20 He was also given authority to act # Other mss read wage war # Or to rule for 42 months. # Rv 11:2 6He began to speak # Lit He opened his mouth in blasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling — those who dwell in heaven. 7And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. # Rv 12:17 He 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 him, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book # 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. # 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 an ear, he should listen: # Mt 11:15; Rv 2:7,11,17,19; 3:6,13,22
10If anyone is destined for captivity,
into captivity he goes.
If anyone is to be killed # Other mss read anyone kills with a sword,
with a sword he will be killed. # Jr 15:2; 43:11
This demands the perseverance # Lit Here is the perseverance and faith of the saints. # Rv 14:12
The Beast from the Earth
11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb, # Or ram # Dn 8:3 but he sounded like a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He 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 14He deceives those who live on the earth # Rv 12:9 because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, # 2Th 2:9-12; Rv 19:20 telling those who live on the earth to make an image # Or statue, or likeness of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived. 15He was permitted to give a spirit # Or give breath, or give 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 he requires everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to be given a mark # Or stamp, or brand 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 his name.
18Here is wisdom: # Or This calls for wisdom # Rv 17:9 The one who has understanding must calculate # Or count, or figure out the number of the beast, because it is the number of a man. # Or is a man’s number, or is the number of a person His number is 666. # Other Gk mss read 616
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