⁷It was also given to him to ^amake war with the ¹saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

⁸All who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain.

⁹^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰^aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe ²perseverance and the faith of the ³saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he spoke as a ^cdragon.

¹²He ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ¹^bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed.

¹³He ^aperforms great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which it was given him to perform ¹^din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who ^*had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life.

¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, ¹to be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead,

¹⁷and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name.

¹⁸^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that ^bof a man; and his number is ¹six hundred and sixty-six.

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Footnotes

1Lit great things
1Or tabernacle
1Or holy ones
1Or written from the foundation of the world in the book …
1Or leads into captivity
2Or steadfastness
3Or holy ones
1Or by his authority
1Or by the authority of
*A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses.
1One early ms reads speak, and he will cause
1Lit causes all, … that they give them a mark
1One early ms reads 616

Cross references

a Dan 7:8, 11, 20, 25; 11:36; 2 Thess 2:3f
b Rev 11:2
a Rev 7:15; 12:12
a Dan 7:21; Rev 11:7
b Rev 5:9
a Rev 3:10; 13:12, 14
b Rev 3:5
c Matt 25:34; Rev 17:8
d Ps 69:28
e Rev 5:6
a Rev 2:7
a Is 33:1; Jer 15:2; 43:11
b Gen 9:6; Matt 26:52; Rev 11:18
c Heb 6:12; Rev 14:12
a Rev 13:1; 16:13
b Dan 8:3
c Rev 13:4
a Rev 13:4
b Rev 13:14; 19:20
c Rev 13:8
d Rev 13:15; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4
e Rev 13:3
a Matt 24:24; Rev 16:14; 19:20
b 1 Kin 18:38; Luke 9:54; Rev 11:5; 20:9
a Rev 12:9
b Rev 13:8
c 2 Thess 2:9f
d Rev 13:12; 19:20
e Rev 13:3
a Dan 3:3ff
b Rev 13:12; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4
a Rev 11:18; 19:5, 18
b Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4
a Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4
b Rev 14:11
c Rev 15:2
a Rev 17:9
b Rev 21:17