The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit; Satan and his emissaries, or persecutors instigated by the evil one. See further on chap Revelation 13:1-18. The word rendered beast here, and in chap Revelation 13:1-18, is a different word in the original from that in chap Revelation 4:6. There it means living creatures; here, a wild, savage beast.

Shall overcome them, and kill them; the various conjectures concerning the slaying of the witnesses are uncertain. The time has not yet come for the clear understanding of this prophecy.

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Old Testament