And it was given unto him … to overcome them 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 given unto him" to another. For the sense cf. Daniel 7:21 and ch. Revelation 11:7: the latter proves that "the Saints" (i.e. the holy people of God) are to be understood as Christians, not as Israelites.

over all kindreds&c. Lit., over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation. The Devil gives to Antichrist what he offered to Christ, St Luke 4:6.

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