And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. (13:1) The first sentence of this chapter belongs as the last sentence of chapter 12, since it concludes the account of the dragon (Satan; cf. 12:9) and his war against God and His people. While some Greek manuscripts read “I stood,” the older and more reliable ones read “he stood.”