Revelation 13:2-5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 13:3

And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;Smitten unto death, and his death-stroke was healed ... See in the chapter introduction under "The Fatal Wound that Did Not Kill," for a complete discussion of this. As Lenski said:The fact that only one of the heads suffered the death-stroke must not mislead us. Thereby the beast itself was slain.[43]These seven heads were seven successive world... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 13:4

and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? and who is able to make war with him?And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) ... Thus, it was no innocent thing to sprinkle a few grains of incense upon Caesar's altar. It was the same thing as worshipping the devil who was behind the entire operation. The fact of mankind's general acceptance of such worship was enforced, "not by the moral greatness of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 13:5

and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.And it was given to him ... The principle in this is that all authority in the final sense is God's. The beast cannot operate, except under the restrictions of the permissive will of God. See under article on "The Christian View of the State" in the chapter introduction.To continue forty and two months ... This time period must surely be identified with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 13:1-8

Revelation 13:1-8. 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 empire. The kingdom of Christ is never represented under the image of a beast. As the prophet, Dan 7:2-3 beheld four great beasts, representing the four great empires, come up from a stormy sea (that is, from the commotions of the world); so St. John, Rev 13:1 saw this beast, in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 13:2

2. leopard . . . bear . . . lion—This beast unites in itself the God-opposed characteristics of the three preceding kingdoms, resembling respectively the leopard, bear, and lion. It rises up out of the sea, as Daniel's four beasts, and has ten horns, as Daniel's fourth beast, and seven heads, as Daniel's four beasts had in all, namely, one on the first, one on the second, four on the third, and one on the fourth. Thus it represents comprehensively in one figure the world power (which in Daniel... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 13:3

3. One of—literally, "from among." wounded . . . healed—twice again repeated emphatically (Revelation 13:12; Revelation 13:14); compare Revelation 17:8; Revelation 17:11, "the beast that was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit" (compare Revelation 13:11); the Germanic empire, the seventh head (revived in the eighth), as yet future in John's time (Revelation 13:11- :). Contrast the change whereby Nebuchadnezzar, being humbled from his self-deifying pride, was converted from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 13:4

4. which gave—A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS read, "because he gave." power—Greek, "the authority" which it had; its authority. Who is like unto the beast?—The very language appropriated to God, :- (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus); Psalms 35:10; Psalms 71:19; Psalms 113:5; Micah 7:18; blasphemously (Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:5) assigned to the beast. It is a parody of the name "Michael" (compare... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 13:5

5. blasphemies—So ANDREAS reads. B reads "blasphemy." A, "blasphemous things" (compare Daniel 7:8; Daniel 11:25). power—"authority"; legitimate power (Greek, "exousia"). to continue—Greek, "poiesai," "to act," or "work." B reads, "to make war" (compare Daniel 11:25- :). But A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS omit "war." forty . . . two month—(See on Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:1- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:1-4

Characteristics of the beast 13:1-4 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:1-10

The beast out of the sea 13:1-10John stressed three things about this beast: his conspiracy with the dragon (Revelation 13:3-4), his success in deceiving the whole world (Revelation 13:3-4; Revelation 13:8), and his success in temporarily defeating God’s saints (Revelation 13:6-7 a). [Note: Paul S. Minear, I Saw a New Earth: An Introduction to the Visions of the Apocalypse, p. 118.] "The initial description of this creature identifies it as the culminating empire of Daniel’s vision of the end... read more

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