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Revelation 13 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)

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1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. 2 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast. 4 They worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” 5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him. 6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints. 11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. 14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 15 It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands or on their foreheads; 17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell unless he has that mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.

Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Revelation 12:3; Revelation 17:3; Daniel 7:23–25; Revelation 11:7; Daniel 7:7–8
  2. 2 Daniel 7:4–7; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 17:12; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 12:9
  3. 3 Revelation 17:8; Revelation 13:14; Revelation 17:10; Revelation 17:17; Ezekiel 30:24
  4. 4 Revelation 13:2; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 13:12–13; Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:15
  5. 5 Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 12:6; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 7:11
  6. 6 Revelation 12:12; Matthew 15:19; Hebrews 9:24; Matthew 12:34; Revelation 19:1–6
  7. 7 Daniel 7:21; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 12:17; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:1
  8. 8 1 Peter 1:19–20; Ephesians 1:4; Matthew 25:34; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 3:5
  9. 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:29
  10. 10 Jeremiah 15:2; Isaiah 33:1; Revelation 14:12; Revelation 3:10; Luke 21:19
  11. 11 Daniel 7:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Matthew 7:15; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 16:13
  12. 12 Revelation 17:10–11; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 13:3–4
  13. 13 Matthew 24:24; Revelation 16:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–10; Revelation 19:20; Deuteronomy 13:1–3
  14. 14 Revelation 19:20; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:3–4
  15. 15 Revelation 16:2; Daniel 3:3–6; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 17:6
  16. 16 Revelation 20:4; Revelation 19:20; Ezekiel 9:4; Deuteronomy 6:8; Revelation 14:9–11
  17. 17 Revelation 13:16; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 22:4; Revelation 13:18
  18. 18 Revelation 15:2; Revelation 17:9; Revelation 21:17; Daniel 12:10; Revelation 1:3

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Quotes verse 13:2 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapters XXVII–XXVIII)

    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.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 13:8 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXIX)

    "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)