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New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 13:4-18

4they worshiped the 1dragon because he 2gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “3Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5A mouth was given to him 4speaking 5arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for 6forty-two months was given to him. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, 7those who dwell in heaven.

7It was also given to him to 8make war with the 9saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over 10every tribe, people, language, and nation. 8All who 11live on the earth will worship him, everyone 12whose name has not been 13written 14since the foundation of the world in the 15book of life of 16the Lamb who has been slaughtered. 917If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 1018If anyone 19is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; 20if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is 21the 22perseverance and the faith of the 23saints.

11Then 24I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had 25two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a 26dragon. 12He 27exercises all the authority of the first beast 2829in his presence. And he makes 30the earth and those who live on it 31worship the first beast, whose 32fatal wound was healed. 13He 33performs great signs, so that he even makes 34fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. 14And he 35deceives 36those who live on the earth because of 37the signs which it was given him to perform 3839in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the 40wound 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 41speak and cause 42all who do not 43worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16And he causes all, 44the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, 45to be given a 46mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the 47mark, either 48the name of the beast or 49the number of his name. 1850Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that 51of a 52man; and his number is 53six hundred and sixty-six.

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 13:4 Rev 12:3; 13:2, 12 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 13:4 Rev 12:3; 13:2, 12 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 13:4 Ex 15:11; Is 46:5; Rev 18:18 ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 13:5 Dan 7:8, 11, 20, 25; 11:36; 2 Thess 2:3f ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 13:5 Lit great things ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 13:5 Rev 11:2 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 13:6 Rev 7:15; 12:12 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 13:7 Dan 7:21; Rev 11:7 ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 13:7 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 13:7 Rev 5:9 ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 13:8 Rev 3:10; 13:12, 14 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 13:8 Rev 3:5 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 13:8 Or written in the book...slain from the foundation of the world ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 13:8 Matt 25:34; Rev 17:8 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 13:8 Ps 69:28 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 13:8 Rev 5:6 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 13:9 Rev 2:7 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 13:10 Is 33:1; Jer 15:2; 43:11 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 13:10 Or leads into captivity ↩
  20. 20. Revelation 13:10 Gen 9:6; Matt 26:52; Rev 11:18 ↩
  21. 21. Revelation 13:10 Heb 6:12; Rev 14:12 ↩
  22. 22. Revelation 13:10 Or steadfastness ↩
  23. 23. Revelation 13:10 See note v 7 ↩
  24. 24. Revelation 13:11 Rev 13:1; 16:13 ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 13:11 Dan 8:3 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 13:11 Rev 13:4 ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 13:12 Rev 13:4 ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 13:12 Or by his authority ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 13:12 Rev 13:14; 19:20 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 13:12 Rev 13:8 ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 13:12 Rev 13:15; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 13:12 Rev 13:3 ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 13:13 Matt 24:24; Rev 16:14; 19:20 ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 13:13 1 Kin 18:38; Luke 9:54; Rev 11:5; 20:9 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 13:14 Rev 12:9 ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 13:14 Rev 13:8 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 13:14 2 Thess 2:9f ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 13:14 Or by the authority of ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 13:14 Rev 13:12; 19:20 ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 13:14 Rev 13:3 ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 13:15 One early ms speak, and he will cause ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 13:15 Dan 3:3ff ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 13:15 Rev 13:12; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4 ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 13:16 Rev 11:18; 19:5, 18 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 13:16 Lit so that they give them a mark ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 13:16 Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 13:17 Gal 6:17; Rev 7:3; 14:9; 20:4 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 13:17 Rev 14:11 ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 13:17 Rev 15:2 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 13:18 Rev 17:9 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 13:18 Rev 21:17 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 13:18 Or human ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 13:18 I.e., spelled out in Gr as 600 + 60 + 6; one early ms has the letters for 616 ↩

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