Revelation 13
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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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Revelation 13
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1 Then I stood#13:1 NU reads he stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. 2The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marvelled at the beast. 4They worshipped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him. 6He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. 7It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. 8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed. 9If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.#13:10 TR reads “If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a sword.” instead of “If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.” Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. 14He deceives my own#13:14 NU omits “my own” people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 15It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands or on their foreheads; 17and that no one would be able to buy or to sell unless he has that mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred and sixty-six.
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