1 Καὶ εἶδον ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης θηρίον ἀναβαῖνον, ἔχον κέρατα δέκα καὶ κεφαλὰς ἑπτά, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κεράτων αὐτοῦ δέκα διαδήματα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτοῦ ⸀ὀνόματα βλασφημίας. 2 καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ εἶδον ἦν ὅμοιον παρδάλει, καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς ἄρκου, καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ὡς στόμα λέοντος. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ δράκων τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξουσίαν μεγάλην. 3 καὶ μίαν ἐκ τῶν κεφαλῶν αὐτοῦ ⸀ὡς ἐσφαγμένην εἰς θάνατον, καὶ ἡ πληγὴ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ ἐθεραπεύθη. καὶ ⸀ἐθαυμάσθη ⸂ὅλη ἡ γῆ ὀπίσω τοῦ θηρίου, 4 καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ δράκοντι ⸂ὅτι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῷ θηρίῳ, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ θηρίῳ λέγοντες· Τίς ὅμοιος τῷ θηρίῳ, καὶ τίς ⸀δύναται πολεμῆσαι μετʼ αὐτοῦ; 5 Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα καὶ ⸀βλασφημίας καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ⸀ἐξουσία ποιῆσαι μῆνας ⸀τεσσεράκοντα δύο. 6 καὶ ἤνοιξε τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ εἰς ⸀βλασφημίας πρὸς τὸν θεόν, βλασφημῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, τοὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ σκηνοῦντας. 7 καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ νικῆσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν φυλὴν καὶ λαὸν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ἔθνος. 8 καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ⸀αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ⸀οὗ οὐ γέγραπται τὸ ὄνομα ⸀αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ ἀρνίου τοῦ ἐσφαγμένου ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου. 9 Εἴ τις ἔχει οὖς ἀκουσάτω. 10 εἴ τις ⸂εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν, εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν ὑπάγει· εἴ τις ἐν μαχαίρῃ ⸀ἀποκτανθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀποκτανθῆναι. ὧδέ ἐστιν ἡ ὑπομονὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις τῶν ἁγίων. 11 Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλο θηρίον ἀναβαῖνον ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ εἶχεν κέρατα δύο ὅμοια ἀρνίῳ, καὶ ἐλάλει ὡς δράκων. 12 καὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πρώτου θηρίου πᾶσαν ποιεῖ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ⸀ποιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ κατοικοῦντας ἵνα ⸀προσκυνήσουσιν τὸ θηρίον τὸ πρῶτον, οὗ ἐθεραπεύθη ἡ πληγὴ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ. 13 καὶ ποιεῖ σημεῖα μεγάλα, ⸂ἵνα καὶ πῦρ ποιῇ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ⸂καταβαίνειν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων. 14 καὶ πλανᾷ ⸀τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς διὰ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θηρίου, λέγων τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιῆσαι εἰκόνα τῷ θηρίῳ, ⸂ὃς ἔχει τὴν πληγὴν ⸂τῆς μαχαίρης καὶ ἔζησεν. 15 καὶ ἐδόθη ⸀αὐτῷ ⸂δοῦναι πνεῦμα τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ θηρίου, ἵνα καὶ λαλήσῃ ἡ εἰκὼν τοῦ θηρίου καὶ ποιήσῃ ⸀ἵνα ὅσοι ἐὰν μὴ προσκυνήσωσιν τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ θηρίου ἀποκτανθῶσιν. 16 καὶ ποιεῖ πάντας, τοὺς μικροὺς καὶ τοὺς μεγάλους, καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς, καὶ τοὺς ἐλευθέρους καὶ τοὺς δούλους, ἵνα ⸀δῶσιν αὐτοῖς ⸀χάραγμα ἐπὶ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν, 17 καὶ ἵνα μή τις ⸀δύνηται ἀγοράσαι ἢ πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ ἔχων τὸ χάραγμα, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θηρίου ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ. 18 ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς ⸀αὐτοῦ ⸂ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
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Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 17:3; Daniel 7:23–25; Revelation 11:7; Daniel 7:7–8
- 2 Daniel 7:4–7; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 17:12; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 12:9
- 3 Revelation 17:8; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 17:10; Revelation 17:17; Ezekiel 30:24
- 4 Revelation 13:2; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 13:12–13; Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:15
- 5 Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 12:6; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 7:11
- 6 Revelation 12:12; Matthew 15:19; Hebrews 9:24; Matthew 12:34; Revelation 19:1–6
- 7 Daniel 7:21; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 12:17; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:1
- 8 1 Peter 1:19–20; Ephesians 1:4; Matthew 25:34; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 3:5
- 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:29
- 10 Jeremiah 15:2; Isaiah 33:1; Revelation 14:12; Revelation 3:10; Luke 21:19
- 11 Daniel 7:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Matthew 7:15; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 16:13
- 12 Revelation 17:10–11; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 13:3–4
- 13 Matthew 24:24; Revelation 16:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10; Revelation 19:20; Deuteronomy 13:1–3
- 14 Revelation 19:20; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:3–4
- 15 Revelation 16:2; Daniel 3:3–6; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 17:6
- 16 Revelation 20:4; Revelation 19:20; Ezekiel 9:4; Deuteronomy 6:8; Revelation 14:9–11
- 17 Revelation 13:16; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 22:4; Revelation 13:18
- 18 Revelation 15:2; Revelation 17:9; Revelation 21:17; Daniel 12:10; Revelation 1:3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints." After this he likewise describes his armour-bearer, whom he also terms a false prophet: "He spake as a dragon, and exercised all the power of the first beast in his sight, and caused the earth, and those that dwell therein, to adore the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
"There shall give consent to him all they that have not been written in the book of life." So then without doubt they will not consent that have been written.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)