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Revelation 13

The First Beast

Then 1I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea that had 2ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns and 3blasphemous names on his heads. The beast I saw was like a leopard; his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. 4One of the beast's heads appeared to be mortally wounded. But his mortal wound had been healed, and 5the whole world was amazed and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon 6that had given 7his authority to the beast, 8and they also worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against him?”

The beast was given a mouth to utter great boasts and 9blasphemy, and he was 10given authority to wage war for forty-two months. And he opened his mouth to utter 11blasphemy against God and to slander his 12name and his tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. He 13was permitted to wage war against the saints and conquer them, and he was given authority over every tribe, 14people, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, 15everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

“If anyone 16has captivity as his lot,

away he goes;

if anyone 17kills with the sword,

with the sword he must be killed.”

This calls for the endurance and the faith of the saints.

The Second Beast

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had 18horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and made the earth and those who dwell in it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. He performed great signs, even 19making fire come down from heaven to earth in the presence of the people. By the signs he was permitted to do in the presence of the first beast, he deceived 20my own people who dwell on the earth, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image of the first beast, who had 21a wound from the sword but still lived. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause whoever refused to worship the image to be killed. The second beast required everyone, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the 22mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom: Let anyone who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; his number is six hundred sixty-six.

Source notes (22)
  1. Footnote I 𝔐A,C,K [87.1%] ¦ he ECM† NA SBL TH WH [11.5%] {Note: In ECM†, NA, SBL, TH, and WH the words Then he stood on the sand of the sea are found in 12:18.}
  2. Footnote ten horns and seven heads 𝔐A,C,K [96.3%] ¦ seven heads and ten horns TR [1.4%]
  3. Footnote blasphemous names 𝔐C,K 73.8% ¦ a blasphemous name 𝔐A ECM TH TR 25.4%
  4. Footnote One 𝔐A,C,K [93.5%] ¦ I saw that one TR [5.5%]
  5. Footnote the whole world was amazed and 𝔐C,K 73.8% • NA SBL TH WH 3.5% ¦ it was marveled at in all the earth, and they 𝔐A ST 16.4%
  6. Footnote that 𝔐C,K [61.5%] • TR [0.9%] ¦ because he 𝔐A CT [28%]
  7. Footnote his 𝔐A,C,K [91.7%] ¦ --- TR [2.3%]
  8. Footnote and they also worshiped the beast, 𝔐A(17),C,K [76%] • 𝔐A(10) TR [10.1%] ¦ --- 𝔐A(14) [11.1%]
  9. Footnote blasphemy 𝔐A(18),C,K 56.6% ¦ blasphemies 𝔐A(23) 17.9% • ECM† NA SBL TH TR WH 13.5%
  10. Footnote given authority to wage war 𝔐C,K [69.3%] ¦ permitted to exercise authority 𝔐A CT TR [23.9%]
  11. Footnote blasphemy 𝔐A,C,K 85.5% ¦ blasphemies ECM† NA SBL TH WH 10.1%
  12. Footnote name and his tabernacle, that is, 𝔐C,K [65%] ¦ name, his tabernacle, and 𝔐A TR [33.2%]
  13. Footnote was permitted to wage war against the saints and conquer them, and 𝔐C,K 58.1% • ANT TR 8.3% ¦ was given authority to wage war against the saints and conquer them, and MSS 5.1% ¦ --- 𝔐A 19.4%
  14. Footnote people, 𝔐A(24),K [70.5%] ¦ --- 𝔐A(23),C PCK TR [28.1%]
  15. Footnote everyone whose name has 𝔐C,K [70%] • ECM† NA SBL TH WH [5.1%] ¦ whose names have 𝔐A TR [18%] • ECM† [6%]
  16. Footnote has captivity as his lot, away he goes; 𝔐A(23),C,K [55.3%] ¦ is assigned to captivity, away he goes; ECM TH [20.7%] ¦ goes away to captivity, MSS [6.5%] ¦ leads others into captivity, 𝔐A(12) [5.5%] ¦ leads others away into captivity, into captivity he goes; ANT [3.7%] ¦ leads others into captivity, into captivity he goes; TR [0.9%] ¦ is assigned to captivity, into captivity he goes; NA SBL WH [0.5%]
  17. Footnote kills with the sword, with the sword he must 𝔐A(23),C 39.1% • 𝔐A(12) 6.2% • ANT 4.7% • TH WH 0.8% ¦ with the sword, he must 𝔐K 33.6% ¦ is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he is to be NA SBL 0.4% {Note: The literal translation of 𝔐K is nonsensical in English.}
  18. Footnote horns 𝔐K [38.5%] ¦ two horns 𝔐A,C ANT CT HF PCK RP TR [59.2%]
  19. Footnote making 𝔐C,K [44.5%] • 𝔐A(13) TR [8.7%] • 𝔐A(12) ECM† [7.8%] • ECM† NA SBL TH WH [0.5%] • MSS [11%] ¦ deceptively making 𝔐A(12) [5.5%]
  20. Footnote my own people 𝔐C,K 46.6% ¦ those 𝔐A ANT CT TR 50.2%
  21. Footnote a 𝔐K 59% ¦ the 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK RP TR 39.8%
  22. Footnote mark, that is, 𝔐A(27),C,K [78.9%] ¦ mark of 𝔐A(14) [8.7%] ¦ mark, or TR [3.2%]

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