Revelation 13:1-10
Revelation 12:17 to Revelation 13:10. THE BEAST FROM THE SEA... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 12:17 to Revelation 13:10. THE BEAST FROM THE SEA... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΈΡΑΤΑ ΔΈΚΑ ΚΑῚ ΚΕΦΑΛᾺΣ ἙΠΤΆ. Here 1 omits the horns; in the parallel passage Revelation 17:3 it omits the heads.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΡΚΟΥ. Text. Rec[441] reads ἄρκτου, so do some cursives. [441] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ΛΈΟΝΤΟΣ. Tisch[442] reads λεόντων with א syr[443] and Victorin. [442] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. [443] Syriac. 2. ΤῸ ΘΗΡΊΟΝ Δ ΕἾΔΟΝ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΜΊΑΝ. Text. Rec[444] with vulg. reads καὶ εἶδον μίαν. [444] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἘΘΑΎΜΑΣΕΝ. Text. Rec[445] reads ἐθαυμάσθη with A 1 and adds ἐν with 1 12, turning ἡ into τῇ. [445] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 3. ΚΑῚ ΜΊΑΝ ἘΚ ΤΩ͂Ν ΚΕΦΑΛΩ͂Ν. This of cou... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΊΣ ὍΜΟΙΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΗΡΊΩΙ; A sort of blasphemous parody of sayings like Exodus 15:11; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 71:19; Psalms 89:8, or of the name Michael, which is by interpretation “Who is like God?”... [ Continue Reading ]
ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΊΑΣ. A reads βλάσφημα; B2 βλασφημίαν. The first half of the verse is wanting in 1 and in Primasius. ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ. א adds ὃ θέλει, B2 prefixes πόλεμον. Dionysius and Iren[446] int. omit the words. [446] St Irenaeus in the old Latin Version. 5. ΣΤΌΜΑ.… Daniel 7:8. ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ. This may mean to “sp... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤῸ ὌΝΟΜΑ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. א* substitutes αὐτὸν. ΚΑῚ ΤῊΝ ΣΚΗΝῊΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. C omits these words. Text. Rec[447] adds καὶ with אcB2*P 1. [447] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 6. ΤΟῪΣ ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΩ͂Ι ΣΚΗΝΟΥ͂ΝΤΑΣ. The order as in Revelation 12:12 is more like that of ordinary Greek than is usual... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ἘΔΌΘΗ … ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ. ACP 1* omit this clause. 7. ΚΑῚ ἘΔΌΘΗ … ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ. There is considerable authority for the omission of this clause: but the omission is no doubt merely accidental—it was left out in one or more very early copies, because scribes passed from one clause beginning “and there was giv... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟὟ … ΤῸ ὌΝΟΜΑ. Text. Rec[448] has ὧν … τὰ ὀνόματα with אP. [448] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 8. ΠΆΝΤΕΣ … ΟΥ̓͂. The singulars after the plural here are not more difficult than the plurals after the singular in St John 17:2 [24]; 1 John 5:16. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΒΙΒΛΊΩΙ ΤΗ͂Σ ΞΩΗ͂Σ ΤΟΥ͂�, Reve... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἼ ΤΙΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. See on Revelation 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἼ ΤΙΣ ΕἸΣ ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΣΊΑΝ, ΕἸΣ ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΣΊΑΝ ὝΠΑΓΕΙ. אB2CP omit the second εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν. Primas[449] _qui captivum duxerit et ipse capietur_. Most MSS. of vulgate, and syr[450], support Text. Rec[451] εἴ τις αἰχμαλωσίαν συνάγει εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν ὑπάγει which is found in Areth[452] 1 stops short at εἴ τι... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΛΛΟ ΘΗΡΊΟΝ. Afterwards called the False Prophet, Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10. Some think that it is he, rather than the first Beast, who is to be identified with St Paul’s “Man of Sin,” the personal Antichrist—the first Beast being the antichristian Empire. But in Revelatio... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BEAST FROM THE LAND... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Primas[454] reads _in terra_; P by a mistake has ἐνώπιον for τὴν γῆν καί in the next clause. [454] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ἽΝΑ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ. א has προσκυνιν, i.q. προσκυνεῖν. ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ. A omits. 12. ΠΟΙΕΙ͂. The sense is, he does all that the Dragon has given the B... [ Continue Reading ]
ἽΝΑ ΚΑῚ ΠΥ͂Ρ ΠΟΙΗ͂Ι ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΕΙΝ. B2 has καὶ πῦρ ἵνα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβαίνει. 13. ΚΑῚ ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ ΣΗΜΕΙ͂Α ΜΕΓΆΛΑ. St Matthew 24:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:9. ἽΝΑ ΚΑῚ ΠΥ͂Ρ.… The similarity to 1 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 1:1, is best explained by St Luke 9:54-55. To reproduce the acts of Elijah _now_ shews the spi... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ ΕἸΚΌΝΑ. A reads ποιῆσαι εἰκόναν. א prefixes καί. 14. ΠΛΑΝΑ͂Ι. Revelation 19:20. There is still a reminiscence of St Matthew 24:24. ΕἸΚΌΝΑ. We cannot tell how, or how literally, this prophecy will be fulfilled in the last days: but it is certainly relevant to remember how the refusal of wor... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΔΟΥ͂ΝΑΙ. ACP* read αὐτῇ for αὐτῷ. C omits δοῦναι as if τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ θηρίου were a gloss on αὐτῇ. ὍΣΟΙ. AP read ἵνα ὅσοι. Text. Rec[455] with 1 Areth[456] inserts ἵνα before ἀποκτανθῶσιν. [455] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [456] Arethas, Archbishop of Caesarea. 15. ἘΔΌΘΗ... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. Is δῶσιν impersonal as λέγουσιν Revelation 10:11, βλέπωσιν Revelation 16:15? but for αὐτοῖς w... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ἽΝΑ. So Text. Rec[457] Treg[458] and Weiss with אcAB2P. Lach[459] and Tisch[460] omit (and W. H[461] bracket) καὶ with א* and C. [457] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [458] Tregelles. [459] Lachmann’s larger edition. [460] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes diff... [ Continue Reading ]
17, 18. THE NUMBER OF THE NAME OF THE BEAST... [ Continue Reading ]
ΧΞΣ ́. C 5 11 and Tyc[462] still preserve the reading older than St Irenæus ἑξακόσιαι δέκα ἕξ. [462] Tyconius. 18. ἘΣΤΆΘΗΝ. If correct, it would mark the beginning of a new vision, just as Daniel 8:2; Daniel 10:4 begins a vision with a statement of where he saw it. If we read ἐστάθη, which was cer... [ Continue Reading ]