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F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 13:1-99

Revelation 13 THERE CAN BE no doubt, we think, that the 3.5 year period, mentioned in several different ways in this passage, is the time of the great tribulation. It will be a time when the devil is excluded from heaven and consequently concentrating his wrath upon earth, and, as we shall see presently, the time when the vials of the wrath of God are poured out on the earth: a much more serious matter. It will also be the time when human lawlessness and iniquity rise to mountainous heights,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 13:1-4

The Seven-Headed Beast of Blasphemy and the Two-Horned Beast of Deceit. The description of the first beast: v. 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. v. 2. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 13:1-18

SPECIAL DOCTRINO-ETHICAL AND HOMILETICAL NOTES (ADDENDUM)Section EleventhEarth-picture of Antichristianity. (Revelation 12:13 to Revelation 13:18)General.—The climax manifest in the development of Antichristianity on earth, is signalized by the names: the Dragon, Antichrist, and the False Prophet, added to which, as a sort of supplement, is the dominant Antichristian congregation, with its Antichristian symbols of fellowship.At first, the Dragon has no conscious organs on earth; he does but... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 13:1-18

the Beast and His Worshipers Revelation 13:1-18 The horns symbolize power; the heads, intelligence; and the beast, an earthly kingdom. The dragon must stand for Satan, who has wrought his greatest achievements through earthly potentates and systems. It is through the world-power that the spleen and hatred of hell have been vented on the saints. What a comfort to know that the duration of such power is limited to 42 symbolic months, that is, 1,260 days (or years). If you are enduring hatred... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 13:1-18

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 attractiveness, for the whole earth wonders after him, and is constrained to worship. It is the ultimate blasphemy of the counterfeiting of God's anointed King by Satan. Yet another beast is portrayed, and in him the deception is still carried forward further. The methods he employs are a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 13:1-18

The War in Heaven Revelation 12:1-17 and Revelation 13:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It almost seems folly to try to speak on two chapters in Revelation, at one time. We realize we cannot do either one justice. Our purpose, however, is to present merely the mountain peaks of truth as we move along. 1. We have before us a great wonder in Heaven, John saw this wonder of a woman clothed with the sun, and upon her head a crown filled with stars. That the woman is Israel, there can be little, if any... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 13:3-4

‘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 because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him?”.’ The mention of one of the heads demonstrates that in this chapter it is the heads which are prominent. This smitten head probably refers to the illness that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 13:1-10

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 this beast also stands for an empire.— ten horns: the horns represent emperors, either beginning with Julius Cæ sar and ending with Titus or beginning with Augustus and ending with Vespasian, or if we omit some or all of the three usurpers (Galba, Otho, Vitellius) we may end with Domitian,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 13:3

And I saw one of his heads; that is, the leopard’s head. As it were wounded to death: the seven heads of this beast are interpreted by the Spirit of God himself, to be seven kings, Revelation 17:10, i.e. seven forms of sovereign government in the Roman state, and these successive one to another; for it is said there: Five are fallen, and one is, and the other is yet to come: so that this head must be either that then in being, or that to come; it cannot be that to come, because that does not... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 13:1-18

THE FIRST BEASTCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESIN 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. The second is the power of the world striving to withdraw our thoughts from the unseen and eternal, and to confine them to the seen and temporal. The third is the spirit of carnal religiousness, like that which so bitterly opposed Jesus in the days of His flesh, and sought to substitute its superficial... read more