And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Which gave. So B; but 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, Syriac, Andreas, 'because he gave.'

Power - `the authority:' its authority.

Who is like unto the beast? The language appropriated to God, (whence [from the initials Mi Camocah Baelim Yahweh] the Maccabees took their name: the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Daniel 8:1; Daniel 11:1, Antiochus); ; ; ; : blasphemously (; ) assigned to the beast: a parody of "Michael" (cf. ), 'Who is like unto God?'

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