Revelation 13:13-16 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:15

This verse may mean that the second beast will give life (Gr. pneuma, breath) to an inanimate object or that he will only appear to do so. In either case he will deceive many people (Revelation 13:14)."Belief in statues which spoke and performed miracles is widely attested in ancient literature." [Note: Mounce, p. 261. Cf. Charles, 1:361, and Beale, p. 711, for additional sources.] The image will speak and will put to death those who do not worship the beast (cf. Daniel 3:11), possibly by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:16

The second beast also implements the marking of beast-worshippers. We should probably interpret "all" to mean all classes rather than all individuals since John mentioned six classes of people: social, economic, and cultural. However taken together these three groups comprise the entire population. This marking corresponds among unbelievers to the sealing of God’s servants in chapter 7. It probably will begin early in the Great Tribulation shortly after the sealing of the 144,000. [Note:... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 13:15

13:15 homage (c-35) See Note h, ch. 3.9. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 13:1-18

The Two BeastsPersonification 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,’ i.e. something inhuman: signifying the Roman empire, which came to the Province of Asia, in which were the Churches addressed in Rev., from the sea. The beast has ten horns and seven heads: cp. Daniel 7. On the horns are diadems and on the heads ’names of blasphemy,’ i.e. blasphemous titles: cp.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:12-13

(12, 13) And causeth the earth . . .—Literally, and he makes the earth and them that dwell in it that they shall worship the first wild beast, the stroke of whose death was healed; and he does signs great, so that he even makes fire to descend out of the heaven to the earth in the sight of men. This descent of fire is the counterpart of the work of the two witnesses (Revelation 11:5), and of Elijah in Old Testament days. It is one of the features of that deceivableness of unrighteousness which... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:14

(14) And deceiveth them . . .—Better, And he leads astray those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which were given him to do in the presence of the wild beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, to make an image to the wild beast that has the stroke of the sword and lived. He leads astray: this is the key to his success, he deifies the spirit of worldliness; but he does it by deception and subtlety: there is an appearance of wonderful power: he can work lying wonders. When men... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:15

(15) And he had power . . .—Better, And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the wild beast, that the image of the wild beast should both speak, and cause that as many as do not worship the image of the wild beast shall be slain. The image to the wild beast is an image also of the wild beast: and the image of the monster is endued with apparent vitality. Wisdom can give a semblance of life to the most doomed cause; and the bulk of mankind read only with their eyes, and not at all... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:16-17

(16, 17) And he causeth . . .—Better, And he [i.e., probably, the second wild beast, and not the image, as in the latter clause of the last verse] makes all men, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead: (and) that no one should be able to buy or to sell but he who has the mark, the name of the wild beast, or the number of his name. We have read of the sealing of the servants... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 13:1-18

Revelation 13:1-3 Louis Napoleon was a symbol and creature of his time, which divided with him the crime of the coup d'éat. He had his day, and paid his debt at the end of it to the retributory powers. But while his day lasted, and he seemed to thrive, he was an ugly object in the eyes of those who believed in some sort of providence. Froude. 'The same day,' writes Carlyle in his account of the French orgies in 1793, 'while this brave Carmagnoledance has hardly jigged itself out, there arrive... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 13:1-18

CHAPTER X.THE SECOND AND THIRD GREAT ENEMIES Of THE CHURCH.Revelation 13:1-18WE have seen that the main purpose of chap. 12 was to introduce to our notice the dragon, or Satan, the first great enemy of the Church. The object of chap. 13 is to make us acquainted with her second and third great enemies, and thus to enable us to form a distinct conception of the powerful foes with which the followers of Christ have to contend. The two enemies referred to are respectively styled "a beast"... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 13:16

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 13:15

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 13:1-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:12-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 13:16-17

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 13:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 13:1-18

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