Verse Revelation 13:4. _AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON_] _Worshipping_ the dragon here evidently means the voluntary religious subjection of the members of the Latin Church to the revived western empi...
AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON WHICH GAVE POWER UNTO THE BEAST - See the notes at Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:2. That is, they in fact worshipped him. The word “worship” - προσκυνέω proskuneō - i...
REVELATION 13:1. A BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE SEA: _cf._ the vision of the four great beasts that come up out of the sea in Daniel 7:3. As the beasts in Daniel represent empires, we may suppose that 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....
WORSHIPPED. App-137. WHICH. The texts read "because he". POWER. the power. App-172.; "authority" in Revelation 13:2. WHO. The texts read "and who". MAKE WAR. The same word in Revelation 17:14. This...
_which gave power_ Rather, BECAUSE HE GAVE HIS AUTHORITY. _Who is like unto the beast?_ A sort of blasphemous parody of sayings like Exodus 15:11; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 71:19;...
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
Revelation 12:17 to Revelation 13:10. THE BEAST FROM THE SEA...
_THE BEAST OUT OF THE SEA REVELATION 13:1-5:_ John pictures a beast coming up out of the sea._ _ "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and t...
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AND I STOOD UPON THE SAND, &C.— Here the beast is described at large, who was only mentioned before, ch. Revelation 11:7. And a _beast_ in the prophetic style, is a tyrannical, idolatrous person or em...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 38 Text Revelation 13:1-10 1 and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diade...
_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...
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 ('...
__ 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...
13:4 homage (f-4) homage (f-19) See Note h, ch. 3.9....
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,'...
WHICH GAVE POWER] RV 'because he gave his authority.'...
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 ALL THE WORLD WONDERED... — Literally, _And the whole earth wondered after the wild beast, and worshipped the dragon, because he gave the authority and worshipped the wild beast, saying, Who is li...
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...
All that had transpired Nero's own death heralding a return, and the collapse of his dynasty proving no fatal blow to the empire had simply aggrandised the influence of Rome. The Caesar-cult which cha...
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...
Thus, the earth worshiped the beast as more powerful than any other....
_They adored the dragon; i.e. in antichrist's time, they will adore both antichrist and the devil, who will make war against the saints for forty-two months, i.e. a short time, signified also by 1260...
(1) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (2) And the...
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 THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON,.... The devil, in the idols, images, angels, and saints departed, to whom they give adoration, as did the Gentiles, whose successors they are, and whose name they bear;...
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? Ver. 4. _And they worshipped_] A...
_And I stood upon the sand of the sea_, &c. Here _the beast_ is described at large, who was only mentioned before, Revelation 11:7; and a _beast_, in the prophetic style, is a tyrannical idolatrous em...
WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON; by worshipping or paying divine honors to the beast, his agent in persecuting the saints....
THE SEVEN-HEADED BEAST OF BLASPHEMY AND THE TWO-HORNED BEAST OF DECEIT. The description of the first beast:...
AND THEY WORSHIPED THE DRAGON WHICH GAVE POWER UNTO THE BEAST; AND THEY WORSHIPED THE BEAST, SAYING, WHO IS LIKE UNTO THE BEAST? WHO IS ABLE TO MAKE WAR WITH HIM? Luther writes of this whole chapter:...
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...
_ 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”_ A. Notice first that worship is off...
1-10 The apostle, standing on the shore, saw a savage beast rise out of the sea; a tyrannical, idolatrous, persecuting power, springing up out of the troubles which took place. It was a frightful mon...
AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON: by _the dragon, _ here, is to be understood the devil. WHICH GAVE POWER UNTO THE BEAST; who gave power to these emperors; not that they did so directly, but interpretat...
Revelation 13:4 So G2532 worshiped G4352 (G5656) dragon G1404 who G3739 gave G1325 (G5656) authority G1849 bea
‘And I saw one of his heads which seemed as though it had been smitten unto death, and its death stroke was healed, and the whole earth wondered after the beast, and they worshipped the monster becaus...
Revelation 13:4. This verse contains a parody of the ascriptions of praise given to the true God in many passages of the Old Testament (Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 40:25;...
The twelfth chapter has set before us the first great enemy of the Church. This chapter introduces us to other two by means of whom the devil or Satan carries on his warfare against the truth. The fir...
THEY WORSHIPPED THE DRAGON (προσεκυνησαν τω δρακοντ). First aorist active indicative of προσκυνεω, with dative case δρακοντ (from δρακων). They really worshipped Satan (the dragon) when "they worshi...
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...
THEY WORSHIPED THE BEAST ALSO. At the time when John lived, Roman Emperors demanded that people call them "Lord" and "Savior." See notes on Revelation 13:15-16....
_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...
And they worshiped both the dragon and the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" How the world worships power and sides with the strong! But were the emperors...
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...
_4 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?_ This verse is saying that the...
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 10:20; 1 Samuel 17:24; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4;...
Which gave [ο ς ε δ ω κ ε ν]. The correct reading is oti "because he gave." Who is like unto the beast ? A parody on a similar ascription to God. See Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5;...
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...
From admiration in the former verse, they proceed to adoration in this, they worship both the dragon and the best, that is, they did worship idols, which are often in scripture called devils; like the...