{"book":"Revelation","slug":"revelation","ch":13,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Revelation of Jesus Christ","prev":"revelation/12","next":"revelation/14","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. [There were] ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.","f":[],"h":"The Beast from the Sea","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"The beast I saw was like a leopard, [with] the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave [the beast] his power and his throne and great authority.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"One of the heads of [the beast] appeared to have been mortally wounded. [But] the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled [and] followed the beast.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying,“ Who [is] like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"[The beast] was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous [words], and authority to act for 42 months.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And [the beast] opened its mouth to [speak] blasphemies against God [and] to slander His name and His tabernacle — those who dwell in heaven.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Then [the beast] was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"And all who dwell on the earth will worship [the beast] — [all] whose names have not been written from [the] foundation of [the] world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.","f":["Or written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world."]},{"v":9,"t":"He who has an ear, let him hear:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"“ If anyone [is destined for] captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by [the] sword, by [the] sword he must be killed.” Here is [a call for] the perseverance and faith of the saints.","f":["NE, WH, and BYZ if anyone kills","See Jeremiah 15:2."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ If anyone [is destined for] captivity,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"into captivity he will go;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"if anyone is to die by [the] sword,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by [the] sword he must be killed.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Here is [a call for] the perseverance and faith of the saints."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. [This beast] had two horns like a lamb, [but] spoke like a dragon.","f":[],"h":"The Beast from the Earth","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"And [this beast] exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"And [the second beast] performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the [first] beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling [them] to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"[The second beast] was permitted to give breath to the image of the [first] beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship [it] to be killed.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"And [the second beast] required all [people], small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,","f":[],"h":"The Mark of the Beast","style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark — the name of the beast or the number of its name.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Here is [a call for] wisdom: {Let} the [one who] has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is [the] number of a man, and [that] number [is] 666 {}.","f":["Some manuscripts 616"],"style":"reg"}]}