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Text -- Revelation 13:2-18 (NET)
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13:2 Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard , but its feet were like a bear’s , and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth . The dragon gave the beast his power , his throne , and great authority to rule .
13:3 One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed , but the lethal wound had been healed . And the whole world followed the beast in amazement ;
13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast , and they worshiped the beast too, saying : “Who is like the beast ?” and “Who is able to make war against him ?”
13:5 The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies , and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months .
13:6 So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place , that is, those who dwell in heaven .
13:7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them . He was given ruling authority over every tribe , people , language , and nation ,
13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast , everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed .
13:9 If anyone has an ear , he had better listen !
13:10 If anyone is meant for captivity , into captivity he will go . If anyone is to be killed by the sword , then by the sword he must be killed . This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints .
13:11 Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth . He had two horns like a lamb , but was speaking like a dragon .
13:12 He exercised all the ruling authority of the first beast on his behalf , and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast , the one whose lethal wound had been healed .
13:13 He performed momentous signs , even making fire come down from heaven in front of people
13:14 and , by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast , he deceived those who live on the earth . He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword , but still lived .
13:15 The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak , and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed .
13:16 He also caused everyone (small and great , rich and poor , free and slave ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead .
13:17 Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number .
13:18 This calls for wisdom : Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number , for it is man’s number , and his number is 666 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
REVELATION OF JOHN |
PRINT; PRINTING; PRINTED |
NERO |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
Angel |
Jesus, The Christ |
Animals |
Dragon |
Vision |
AUTHORITY IN RELIGION |
Blasphemy |
NUMBER |
ANTICHRIST |
Forehead |
LEOPARD |
Bear |
Atonement |
Miracles |
Beast, the Mark |
DEADLY |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Rev 13:2; Rev 13:2; Rev 13:2; Rev 13:2; Rev 13:3; Rev 13:3; Rev 13:3; Rev 13:3; Rev 13:4; Rev 13:4; Rev 13:5; Rev 13:5; Rev 13:5; Rev 13:5; Rev 13:6; Rev 13:6; Rev 13:6; Rev 13:7; Rev 13:7; Rev 13:7; Rev 13:7; Rev 13:8; Rev 13:8; Rev 13:8; Rev 13:10; Rev 13:10; Rev 13:10; Rev 13:11; Rev 13:11; Rev 13:11; Rev 13:11; Rev 13:11; Rev 13:12; Rev 13:12; Rev 13:12; Rev 13:13; Rev 13:13; Rev 13:14; Rev 13:14; Rev 13:15; Rev 13:15; Rev 13:15; Rev 13:15; Rev 13:16; Rev 13:16; Rev 13:17; Rev 13:17; Rev 13:17; Rev 13:17; Rev 13:18; Rev 13:18; Rev 13:18; Rev 13:18
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NET Notes: Rev 13:3 On the phrase “the whole world followed the beast in amazement,” BDAG 445 s.v. θαυμάζω 2 states, “...
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NET Notes: Rev 13:4 On the use of the masculine pronoun to refer to the beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.
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NET Notes: Rev 13:6 The reading “and his dwelling place” does not occur in codex C, but its omission is probably due to scribal oversight since the phrase has...
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NET Notes: Rev 13:7 Grk “and people,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following term since English normally uses a coo...
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NET Notes: Rev 13:11 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
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NET Notes: Rev 13:12 For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.R...
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NET Notes: Rev 13:14 He told followed by an infinitive (“to make an image…”) is sufficiently ambiguous in Greek that it could be taken as “he order...
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NET Notes: Rev 13:15 Grk “of the beast”; the word “first” has been supplied to specify the referent.
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