Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,
Verse Revelation 13:16. _AND HE CAUSED ALL, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, RICH AND_ _POOR, FREE AND BOND, TO RECEIVE A MARK_] To ascertain the meaning of the _mark_ which the two-horned beast causes all orde...
AND HE CAUSED ALL - He claims jurisdiction, in the matters here referred to, over all classes of persons, and compels them to do his will. This is the second beast, and, according to the interpretatio...
THE SECOND BEAST. This represents the spirit of paganism, and more particularly the priestly system which was organised to enforce Cæ sar-worship. Revelation 13:11 f. The second beast is regarded as...
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive. mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or t...
THE POWER OF THE BEAST (Revelation 13:1-18) I saw a beast coming up from the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads; and it had ten royal crowns on its horns; and on its heads I saw blasphemous names....
HE. i.e. the second beast. BOTH. Omit, and read "and" before "the rich" and "the free". SMALL, &C.. the little, &c. (Note Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6.) BOND. App-190. TO RECEIVE. Litera...
_to receive_ Lit. THAT THEY GIVE THEM. _a mark_ The word for "mark" is not the same as in Galatians 6:17, but the image is, as there, that of the brand put upon slaves to identify them; pagan devotees...
ΔΩ͂ΣΙΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΧΆΡΑΓΜΑ. 26 and 95 have λάβωσι τὸ χάραγμα αὐτοῦ. The Latin versions have _habere_. א* has αὐτῷ for αὐτοῖς. 16. ΚΑῚ ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ resumes the construction of Revelation 13:14. ἽΝΑ ΔΩ͂ΣΙΝ ΑΥ̓Τ...
THE BEAST FROM THE LAND...
_THE MARK OF THE BEAST REVELATION 13:15-18:_ The mark of the beast takes us back to look at the problem of economic discrimination. The Devil desired to control the ability of man to make a living and...
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I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST, &C.— From the description of the _ten horned beast,_ or Roman state in general, the prophet passes to that of the _two horned beast,_ or Roman church in particular. _The beast...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XIII THE VISION OF THE TWO BEASTS _Text (Revelation 13:1-18)_ INTRODUCTION 1 and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 39 Text Revelation 13:11-18 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all...
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: TO RECEIVE A MARK - `that they should give them a mark:' such a...
__ Temple Section-The Wild Beast 1 The _ dragon_, not John, was stationed so as to bring up the wild beast. 1 The beast from the sea (which is the equivalent of the abyss) has hitherto enacted the r...
THE TWO BEASTS Personification of the two powers inspired by the devil to persecute the Church. 1-10. The dragon stands by the sea (i.e. the Ægean Sea), from which there rises to meet him a 'beast,'...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 THE *BEAST FROM THE SEA - REVELATION 13:1-10 V1 I saw a *beast. It came up from the sea. It had 10 *horns and 7 heads. There was...
AND HE CAUSETH... — Better, _And he [i.e.,_ probably, the second wild beast, and not the image, as in the latter clause of the last verse] _makes all men, the small and the great, and the rich and the...
CHAPTER X. THE SECOND AND THIRD GREAT ENEMIES Of THE CHURCH. Revelation 13:1 WE have seen that the main purpose of chap. 12 was to introduce to our notice the dragon, or Satan, the first great enemy...
Detection was inevitable, for the very coins were stamped (Matthew 22:19) with the head of the Cæsar, the gods, or Rome itself, and the prophet apparently expected that genuine Christians would refuse...
Revelation 13:11-18 : the Imperial _alter ego_ or the second beast, a monster from the land (identified afterwards with the traditional “false prophet,” Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20;...
THE BEAST AND HIS WORSHIPERS Revelation 13:1 The horns symbolize power; the heads, intelligence; and the beast, an earthly kingdom. The dragon must stand for Satan, who has wrought his greatest achie...
Still reviewing the process, a beast is seen as the agent of Satan. It is the Antichrist, who is counterfeit of Christ. He appears with the signs and symbols of kingship. He is characterized by attrac...
The mark symbolizes allegiance designating what Lord they followed. (Revelation 7:1-8) Christians, who would refuse such a mark, would find themselves excluded from society and be boycotted economical...
(23) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive (24) a (b) mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (23) The third point is a cruel exercise of power, a...
(11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (12) And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
The Beastly Trinity I. INTRODUCTION A.Last week we studied the war that will take place in Heaven as Michael the Archangel heads up an angelic army against "the prince of the power of the air" (Ephe...
In Chapter 13 we have the clear and full development of Satan's instruments of evil. They are two the ten-horned and the two-horned beasts. To the first the dragon, who swept with his tail a third par...
AND HE CAUSETH ALL, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, RICH AND POOR, FREE AND BOND,.... Men of all ranks and degrees, states and conditions, within his jurisdiction; this refers to the beast, and not to the imag...
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: Ver. 16. _All both small and great_] Emperor and else. The pope h...
_And he doeth great wonders_ We have seen the greatness of the power and authority of the beast, and we shall now see what course he pursues to establish it. He pretends, like other false prophets, to...
CAUSETH ALL; compels them, under the penalty mentioned in the following verse. TO RECEIVE A MARK; a sign to distinguish them as his followers, and as acknowledging his authority....
A BEAST COMING OUT OF THE SEA In contrast to seeing a great sign in heaven in Revelation 12:1, John now stands on the shore and sees a Beast rise out of the _sea_ (out of the Gentile or Western nation...
_ 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,_ A. There has been far too much speculation about the mark mentio...
TO RECEIVE: _ Gr._ to give...
11-18 Those who understand the first beast to denote a worldly power, take the second to be also a persecuting and assumed power, which acts under the disguise of religion, and of charity to the soul...
No particular character is here to be understood, but only the general imposition of the Romish faith upon all sorts of persons. His _mark_ was nothing else but either the profession of his faith and...
Revelation 13:16 G2532 causes G4160 (G5719) all G3956 small G3398 and G2532 great G3173 G2532 rich...
‘And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and that no man should be able to b...
Revelation 13:16. The mark is originated by ‘the beast,' that is, by the first beast, but is imposed at the instigation of the second. At the same time, however, it must be noticed that it is freely a...
The passage upon which we now enter describes the third great enemy of God's people, and closes with the mysterious indication of the number of the beast....
HE CAUSETH ALL (same use of ποιεÂω as in Revelation 13:12; Revelation 13:15). Note article here with each class (the small and the great, etc.).THAT THERE BE GIVEN THEM (ινα δωσιν αυτοις). Same us...
HE CAUSETH Antichrist; the person is to be distinguished from the "many antichrists" (1 John 2:18) and the "spirit of antichrist" (1 John 4:3) which characterizes all. The supreme mark of all is the...
CONTENTS: The beast out of the sea and the beast out of the earth. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, false prophet, anti-christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: In the midst of the Tribulation period there shall ris...
The conscious mind, enquiring after the truth and certainty of revelation, is worthy of all the aid that science can afford. In Daniel, as stated above, on chap. Revelation 10:5, we have before us thr...
ALLOWED TO BREATH LIFE INTO THE IMAGE. We see the "unholy alliance" of anti-christian religion and anti-christian government working together to make slaves out of people. When people can be fooled in...
_A beast rise up out of the sea._ THE DOMAIN OF ANTICHRIST I. It has a manifold development. In the commerce of the world, in the government of the world, in the campaigns of the world, in the liter...
_He causeth all … to receive a mark._ SOUL-MARKS The words “he causeth” clearly ascribe this operation to the second beast. If it had been the first we might imagine that some outward mark or sign wa...
_Deceiveth … by the means of those miracles._ MIRACLES: A COUNTERFEIT SUPERNATURALISM Miracles have ever been the chief evidence of the presence of what is worshipful and Divine. It is by these espec...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 13:16 MARKED ON THE RIGHT HAND OR THE FOREHEAD. The Israelites wore God’s law on their hands and foreheads. They did this to show God’s authority over their thoughts and...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 13:11 A second beast rises out of the earth to recruit worshipers for the first beast. He gathers people using lying words and miracles. In John’s day, the imperial cult...
And he put a mark in the hand or foreheads of men so that no man could buy or sell unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. This was to boycott or ostracize the Chr...
THE FIRST BEAST _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ IN this and the preceding chapter the three chief adversaries of the real kingdom of God in the world are described. The first is the dragon, or Satan....
EXPOSITION REVELATION 13:1 AND I STOOD UPON THE SAND OF THE SEA. The Revised Version, agreeing with א, A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, AEthiopic, Armenian, Victorinus, reads ἐστάθη, "he stood." The Authori...
_16 AND HE CAUSETH ALL, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT, RICH AND POOR, FREE AND BOND, TO RECEIVE A MARK IN THEIR RIGHT HAND, OR IN THEIR FOREHEADS:_ This False Prophet will cause all to receive a mark in thei...
John said, I stood upon the sand of the sea (Revelation 13:1), Probably the Mediterranean Sea. and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads, ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns...
1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Chronicles 15:13; 2 Timothy 3:8; Acts 26:22;...
A mark [χ α ρ α γ μ α]. The word occurs frequently in Revelation, and only once elsewhere (Acts 17:29) on which see note. commentators find illustrations in the brand set upon slaves by their masters,...
THE WAR IN HEAVEN Revelation 12:1 _and Revelation 13:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS It almost seems folly to try to speak on two Chapter s in Revelation, at one time. We realize we cannot do either one justi...