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Text -- Revelation 13:5 (NET)

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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.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Rev 13:5 - -- There was given to him ( edothē autōi ). First aorist passive indicative of didōmi , to give, as in next line and Rev 13:7. Perhaps a reference...

There was given to him ( edothē autōi ).

First aorist passive indicative of didōmi , to give, as in next line and Rev 13:7. Perhaps a reference to edōken (he gave) in Rev 13:4, where the dragon (Satan) gave the beast his power. The ultimate source of power is God, but the reference seems to be Satan here.

Robertson: Rev 13:5 - -- Speaking great things and blasphemies ( laloun megala kai blasphēmias ). Present active participle of laleō , agreeing with stoma (nominative n...

Speaking great things and blasphemies ( laloun megala kai blasphēmias ).

Present active participle of laleō , agreeing with stoma (nominative neuter singular and subject of edothē ). The words are like Daniel’ s description of the Little Horn (Dan 7:8, Dan 7:20, Dan 7:25) and like the description of Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Macc. 1:24). Cf. 2Pe 2:11.

Robertson: Rev 13:5 - -- To continue ( poiēsai ). First aorist active infinitive (epexegetic use) of poieō , either in the sense of working (signs), as in Dan 8:12-14, wi...

To continue ( poiēsai ).

First aorist active infinitive (epexegetic use) of poieō , either in the sense of working (signs), as in Dan 8:12-14, with the accusative of duration of time (mēnas months), or more likely in the sense of doing time, with mēnas as the direct object as in Mat 20:12; Act 20:3; Jam 4:13.

Vincent: Rev 13:5 - -- To continue forty and two months ( ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα δύο ) Lit., to make forty and two mon...

To continue forty and two months ( ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα δύο )

Lit., to make forty and two months . Similarly, Act 15:33, ποιήσαντες χρόνον having tarried a space; lit., having made a time . See on continued there a year , Jam 4:13. The best expositors, however, render ποιῆσαι absolutely, to work , and the following accusative as the accusative of duration, " during forty and two months." Rev., margin to do his works during , etc. See Dan 11:28.

JFB: Rev 13:5 - -- So ANDREAS reads. B reads "blasphemy." A, "blasphemous things" (compare Dan 7:8; Dan 11:25).

So ANDREAS reads. B reads "blasphemy." A, "blasphemous things" (compare Dan 7:8; Dan 11:25).

JFB: Rev 13:5 - -- "authority"; legitimate power (Greek, "exousia").

"authority"; legitimate power (Greek, "exousia").

JFB: Rev 13:5 - -- Greek, "poiesai," "to act," or "work." B reads, "to make war" (compare Rev 13:4). But A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS omit "war."

Greek, "poiesai," "to act," or "work." B reads, "to make war" (compare Rev 13:4). But A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS omit "war."

JFB: Rev 13:5 - -- (See on Rev 11:2-3; Rev 12:6).

(See on Rev 11:2-3; Rev 12:6).

Clarke: Rev 13:5 - -- And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things - That is, There was given to the rulers of the Latin empire, who are the mouth of the be...

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things - That is, There was given to the rulers of the Latin empire, who are the mouth of the beast, (and particularly the Roman emperors of Germany), power to assume great and pompous titles, indicative of their mighty sway over many subjugated countries, (see the imperial instruments of the middle centuries in the Corps Diplomatique), and also to utter against their opponents the most terrible edicts

Clarke: Rev 13:5 - -- And blasphemies - The system of worship supported by the beast is a system of blasphemy, as there will be occasion to show presently

And blasphemies - The system of worship supported by the beast is a system of blasphemy, as there will be occasion to show presently

Clarke: Rev 13:5 - -- And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months - As these forty-two months are prophetic, they must mean so many years as there are d...

And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months - As these forty-two months are prophetic, they must mean so many years as there are days contained in them; viz., 1260, each month containing 30 days. The beast, therefore, will continue in existence at least 1260 years; but when the termination of this period will take place is difficult to say, as the beginning cannot be at present indubitably ascertained.

Defender: Rev 13:5 - -- This refers to the same 3 1/2 year period as in Rev 12:6, Rev 12:14 and Dan 7:25; Dan 12:7, the last half of the tribulation period. The forty-two mon...

This refers to the same 3 1/2 year period as in Rev 12:6, Rev 12:14 and Dan 7:25; Dan 12:7, the last half of the tribulation period. The forty-two months of Rev 11:2 is the first half of the tribulation. The two together comprise Daniel's seventieth week of seven years, (Dan 9:27), the first half marking the rapid ascendance of the beast to world power, the second half to his global reign, with all seven years simultaneously being "the great day of [God's] wrath" (Rev 6:17) on the ungodly world."

TSK: Rev 13:5 - -- a mouth : Dan 7:8, Dan 7:11, Dan 7:25, Dan 11:36 and power : Rev 11:2, Rev 11:3, Rev 12:6, Rev 12:14 to continue : or, to make war, Rev 13:7, Rev 11:7

a mouth : Dan 7:8, Dan 7:11, Dan 7:25, Dan 11:36

and power : Rev 11:2, Rev 11:3, Rev 12:6, Rev 12:14

to continue : or, to make war, Rev 13:7, Rev 11:7

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Rev 13:5 - -- And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things - John does not say by whom this was given; but we may suppose that it was by the "d...

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things - John does not say by whom this was given; but we may suppose that it was by the "dragon,"who is said Rev 13:2 to have given him his power, and seat, and authority. The fulfillment of this is found in the claims set up by the princes and rulers here referred to - that mighty secular power that sustained the papacy, and that was, in some sort, a part of the papacy itself. These arrogant claims consisted in the assertion of a divine right; in the power assumed over the liberty, the property, and the consciences of the people; in the arbitrary commands that were issued; and in the right asserted of giving absolute law. The language used here is the same as what is found in Dan 7:8 when speaking of the "little horn:""In this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things."For an illustration of the meaning of this, see the notes on that passage. Compare notes on Dan 7:25.

And blasphemies - That is, the whole power represented by the "beast"will be blasphemous. See the notes on Rev 13:1. Compare the notes on Dan 7:25.

And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months - Three years and a half, reckoned as months; or twelve hundred and sixty days, reckoning thirty days for a month; or twelve hundred and sixty years, regarding the days as prophetic days. For the evidence that this is to be so regarded, see the notes on Dan 7:25. This is the same period that we meet with in chap. Rev 11:2, and in chap. Rev 12:6. See the notes on those places. This fact proves that the same power is referred to in these places and in Daniel; and this fact may be regarded as a confirmation of the views here taken, that the power here referred to is designed to have a connection in some form with the papacy. The duration of the existence of this power is the same as what is everywhere ascribed to the papacy, in the passages which refer to it; and all the circumstances, as before remarked, show that the same general power is referred to by the two "beasts"which are described in this chapter. If so, the continuance or duration may be supposed to be the same; and this is indicated in the passage before us, where it is said that it would be twelve hundred and sixty years. In regard to the application of this to the papal power, and the manner in which the calculation is to be made of the duration of that power, see the notes on Dan 7:25, and the remarks at the end of that chapter. The meaning in the passage before us I take to be, that the papal power, considered as a civil or secular institution, will have, from the time when that properly commenced, a duration of twelve hundred and sixty years. In the Scriptures there is nothing more definite in regard to any future event than this.

Poole: Rev 13:5 - -- And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies: by him here must be meant antichrist, (as appears by the forty-two mont...

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies: by him here must be meant antichrist, (as appears by the forty-two months, his period, being the same with one thousand two hundred and sixty days), both the secular power of the emperors of Rome at this time, and the ecclesiastical power of the bishops of Rome concurred to make one antichrist. God permitted, and the devil influenced, this beast to speak great things, as Dan 7:11 , which is interpreted by the term blasphemies. Blasphemies against God signifies strictly any reproachful speeches against him, whether attributing to him the creature’ s imperfections, or denying him the perfection proper to him, or giving to the creature what belongs to God only, which blasphemy must be in all idolatry; for adoration is due unto God alone, and when this is given to any creature, there is both blasphemy in the doctrine which teacheth the lawfulness of it, and idolatry in the practice of it.

And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months: these forty-two months are (as hath been before showed) the same term of time with one thousand two hundred and sixty days, and must be the term of antichrist, which was given him to tread down the outward court in; so as the beast here spoken of must be the antichrist, who began in the civil power of the Roman empire, but was quickly metamorphosed into the ecclesiastical power of the bishop of Rome; in comparison of whose power (after he had obtained the primacy) indeed the emperor’ s power was very small.

PBC: Rev 13:5 - -- Re 13:5 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. Go...

Re 13:5 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.

God limited this time for speaking of blasphemies. They could be spoken only during the time which God allowed.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 13:5 - -- And there was given unto him a mouth,.... The beast is said to have a mouth before, like the mouth of a lion, Rev 13:2; but now he was moved and stirr...

And there was given unto him a mouth,.... The beast is said to have a mouth before, like the mouth of a lion, Rev 13:2; but now he was moved and stirred up by the dragon, the devil, to open it, not only in a cruel and voracious way, but in a haughty, lying, and blasphemous manner: and this was given him, it was at the instigation of Satan, and by divine permission; his coming, speaking, and acting, were after the working of Satan, but not without the will of God; who, as he gave up many to a judicial blindness, to believe his lies and blasphemies, gave up him to speak them, as follows:

speaking great things, and blasphemies; great swelling words of vanity; calling himself by high and lofty titles, as Christ's vicar, Peter's successor, head of the church, universal bishop, &c. promising great things to his followers, riches, honours, pleasures, pardons, and heaven itself; and uttering things of a blasphemous kind, or great blasphemies, the particulars of which are mentioned in Rev 13:6; so the little horn, who is the same with the Romish antichrist, is said to have a mouth speaking great things, very great things, and his look more stout than his fellows, Dan 7:8.

And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months; to continue in being, or to continue blaspheming and speaking great things; and indeed, as long as he continues, he will continue blaspheming; as soon as he arose he had a name of blasphemy on his heads, and his mouth was immediately opened in blasphemy, and so it continues, and will to the end of this date. The Ethiopic version reads it, "and power was given to him to do signs, whatsoever he would"; miracles, lying signs and wonders; see Rev 13:13. Some copies read, and so the Arabic version, "and power was given him to make war"; but he did not make war as soon as he arose, and so not all the time that is here allotted him; and the word "war" seems to be transcribed from Rev 13:7. The phrase rather intends his being, and the continuance and duration of it; which is the same period of time in which the holy city is trodden under foot by this beast, and the same with the 1260 days or years, in which the witnesses prophesy in sackcloth, and the woman, the church, is in the wilderness, Rev 11:2; for forty two months, reckoning thirty days to a month, as the eastern people did, make just 1260 days, for these things are all contemporary: hence it appears, that 1260 prophetic days, that is, years, contain the whole period of antichrist's reign and continuance; so that could we tell where they began, it might be exactly known when his reign will end; but for want of knowing the former, the best of calculators have failed in the latter: but seeing the time when he was made universal bishop by Phocas bids fair for the time of his open appearance, and the beginning of his reign, and of his blasphemy, which was in the year 859, to which, if we add 1260, the expiration of his reign will fall in the year 1866; so that he may have upwards of an hundred and twenty years yet to continue; but of this we cannot be certain; however, the conjecture is not improbable.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 13:5 For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

Geneva Bible: Rev 13:5 ( 9 ) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him ( 10 ) to continue forty [and] two mont...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rev 13:1-18 - --1 A beast rises out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon gives his power.11 Another beast comes out of the earth;14 causes an...

MHCC: Rev 13:1-10 - --The apostle, standing on the shore, saw a savage beast rise out of the sea; a tyrannical, idolatrous, persecuting power, springing up out of the troub...

Matthew Henry: Rev 13:1-10 - -- We have here an account of the rise, figure, and progress of the first beast; and observe, 1. From what situation the apostle saw this monster. He s...

Barclay: Rev 13:1-5 - --We begin by summarizing the facts already set out in the introductory material to this chapter. The beast is the Roman Empire; the seven heads are t...

Constable: Rev 4:1--22:6 - --III. THE REVELATION OF THE FUTURE 4:1--22:5 John recorded the rest of this book to reveal those aspects of the f...

Constable: Rev 12:1--13:18 - --H. Supplementary revelation of Satan's activity in the Great Tribulation chs. 12-13 God gave John knowle...

Constable: Rev 13:1-18 - --2. The activity of Satan's agents ch. 13 John also received information about Satan's chief inst...

Constable: Rev 13:1-10 - --The beast out of the sea 13:1-10 John stressed three things about this beast: his conspi...

Constable: Rev 13:5-8 - --Activities of the beast 13:5-8 The notable abilities of the beast are blasphemy against God and deception of people. These activities also marked Anti...

College: Rev 13:1-18 - -- REVELATION 13 b. The Beast from the Sea (13:1-10) 1 And the dragon a stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He ha...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE REVELATION OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 95 By Way of Introduction Difficulty in the Problem Perhaps no single book in the New Testament presents so ...

JFB: Revelation (Book Introduction) AUTHENTICITY.--The author calls himself John (Rev 1:1, Rev 1:4, Rev 1:9; Rev 2:8). JUSTIN MARTYR [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 308] (A.D. 139-161) quotes ...

JFB: Revelation (Outline) TITLE: SOURCE AND OBJECT OF THIS REVELATION: BLESSING ON THE READER AND KEEPER OF IT, AS THE TIME IS NEAR: INSCRIPTION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES: APOSTOL...

TSK: Revelation (Book Introduction) The obscurity of this prophecy, which has been urged against its genuineness, necessarily results from the highly figurative and symbolical language i...

TSK: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rev 13:1, A beast rises out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon gives his power; Rev 13:11, Another beast comes...

Poole: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13

MHCC: Revelation (Book Introduction) The Book of the Revelation of St. John consists of two principal divisions. 1. Relates to " the things which are," that is, the then present state of...

MHCC: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) (Rev 13:1-10) A wild beast rises out of the sea, to whom the dragon gives his power. (Rev 13:11-15) Another beast, which has two horns like a lamb, b...

Matthew Henry: Revelation (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Revelation of St. John the Divine It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this b...

Matthew Henry: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) We have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the church's enemies: not other enemies than are mentioned before, but described a...

Barclay: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE REVELATION OF JOHN The Strange Book When a student of the New Testament embarks upon the study of the Revelation he feels him...

Barclay: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) The Power Of The Beast (Rev_13:1-18) 13:1-18 I saw a beast coming up from the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads; and it had ten royal crowns o...

Constable: Revelation (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The opening verses of the book state that "John" wr...

Constable: Revelation (Outline) Outline I. The preparation of the prophet ch. 1 A. The prologue of the book 1:1-8 ...

Constable: Revelation Revelation Bibliography Abbott-Smith, George. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & ...

Haydock: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. Though some in the first ages [centuries] doubted whether this book was canonical, and ...

Gill: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION That this book was written by the Apostle and Evangelist John, is clear not only from the express mention of his name, a...

Gill: Revelation 13 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 13 This chapter contains a description of the Romish antichrist, under the figure of two beasts, the one representing hi...

College: Revelation (Book Introduction) PREFACE This commentary on the Revelation of John has been prepared for general readers of the Bible who desire to deepen their understanding of God'...

College: Revelation (Outline) OUTLINE I. PROLOGUE - 1:1-20 A. Introduction to the Prophecy - 1:1-3 B. Sender - 1:4a C. Recipients - 1:4b D. Prescript - 1:4c-5a E. ...

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