Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
Revelation 13:11-18
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 13:11. _AND I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH_] As a _beast_ has already been shown to be the symbol of a _kingdom_ or _empire_, the rising up of this second beast mu...
AND I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST - Compare the notes on Revelation 13:1. This was so distinct from the first that its characteristics could be described, though, as shown in the Analysis of the Chapter, the...
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. beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns, like. lamb, and he spake as. dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth a...
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....
BEHELD. saw, as Revelation 13:1. ANOTHER. App-124. BEAST. wild beast, but distinguished from that of Revelation 13:1. See verses: Revelation 13:12;...
The Beast from the Land, Revelation 13:11-16 11. _another beast_ Afterwards called the False Prophet, Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20;...
THE BEAST FROM THE LAND...
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 “M...
_THE BEAST OUT OF THE EARTH REVELATION 13:11-14:_ The beast out of the earth was Emperor worship or false religion. This earth beast had two horns "like to the Lamb." The Lord Jesus Christ is the Lamb...
ΘΗΡΊΟΝ (G2342) дикий зверь, чудовище (_см._ Revelation 13:1). Второй зверь является религиозным вождем или лжепророком, ΆΝΑΒΑΪ́ΝΟΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подниматься, восходить, ΕΊΧ...
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...
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...
_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 I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. ANOTHER BEAST - "the false prophet" (Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20;...
__ 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...
THE APPEARANCE OF THE SECOND WILD BEAST. For the understanding of this portion of the vision we must notice the contrasts and resemblances between this and the former wild beast. They are both wild be...
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...
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;...
ἐκ τῆς γῆς the mythological trait is applied geographically to Asia Minor (_i.e._, the East). Here again the cosmological antithesis has been transformed into a political application. The marine monst...
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...
This second beast is identified as the false prophet in Revelation 16:13; Revelation 19:20. He comes up out of the earth, which had swallowed up the flood the dragon cast out of his mouth. (Revelation...
(15) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; (16) and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (15) The second part of the vision, concerning the ecclesiastical dominion,...
_I saw another [2] beast, &c. He had two horns like those of the Lamb, pretending to imitate Christ by an outward sanctity, and by working strange things. (Witham) --- This second beast with two horns...
(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 I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST,.... The same with the first, only in another form; the same for being and person, but under a different consideration; the same antichrist, but appearing in another light a...
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. Ver. 11. _And I beheld another beast_] Another in shape, but the same in substance w...
_And I beheld another beast_, &c. From the description of _the ten-horned beast_, or Roman state in general, the prophet passeth to that of _the two-horned beast_, or Roman Church in particular. _The...
ANOTHER BEAST; representing an ecclesiastical power, pretended ministers of religion uniting with the civil power, described under the first beast, in persecuting the saints. OUT OF THE EARTH; in a qu...
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....
The second beast:...
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...
_ 11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon._ A. We are now introduced to the second beast. This beast rises from the earth. B....
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...
There are great disputes about this other beast, who is represented or signified by it. The popish writers say it is some eminent impostor, who shall appear in the world before the coming of antichris...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And he shall perform great wonders, so that he can even cause fire to descend from heaven upon the earth in the sight of men, and he shall lead the inhabitants of the...
Revelation 13:11 Then G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) another G243 beast G2342 up G305 (G5723) of G1537 earth...
‘And I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a monster.' In contrast with the Lamb Who came from Heaven, this wild beast with two horns l...
ANOTHER BEAST (αλλο θηριον). Like the first beast (verse Revelation 13:1), not a ετερον θηριον (a different beast).OUT OF THE EARTH (εκ της γης). Not "out of the sea" as the first (verse Revelatio...
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...
THEN I SAW ANOTHER BEAST. The beast from the sea is the Devil's _"hands."_ This beast from the earth is the Devil's _"mind."_ LIKE A LAMB'S HORNS. This beast is the _false prophet_ (Revelation 16:13;...
_Another beast coming up out of the earth._ THE SECOND BEAST The antichrist, though an individual, is not alone. He not only has the ten sovereignties working into his hand with all “their power and...
_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...
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...
John saw another beast coming up out of the earth having two horns like a lamb. He does not look fierce and terrible like the first beast; he is somewhat like a lamb. But he is not as innocent as he l...
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...
_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._ John sees another beast come out of the earth. This beast comes out after the f...
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...
2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 7:24; Daniel 7:25;...
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...
Here St. John enters upon the description of. second beast, very different from the former, yet not succeeding the former, but appearing during his continuance; and this beast (whoever he is) we find...