Revelation 13:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? ”

• Revelation 13:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast - See the notes at Revelation 12:3 ; Revelation 13:2 . That is, they in fact worshipped him. The word “worship” - προσκυνέω p...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  worshipped. App-137. which. The texts read "because he". power . the power. App-172.; "authority" in Revelation 13:2 . who. The texts read "and who". make war. The same word in Revelat...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And they worshipped the dragon -...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 per...

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

  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Which gave. So B; but 'Ale...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Two Beasts Personification 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 'be...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And all the world wondered... — Literally, And the whole earth wondered after the wild beast, and worshipped the dragon, because he gave the authority and worshipped the wild beast, saying, Who is...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER X. THE SECOND AND THIRD GREAT ENEMIES Of THE CHURCH. Revelation 13:1-18 WE have seen that the main purpose of chap. 12 was to introduce to our notice the dragon, or Satan, the first gr...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 great...

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• Revelation 13:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 attra...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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. (2) And th...

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• Revelation 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they worshipped the dragon ,.... The devil, in the idols, images, angels, and saints departed, to whom they give adoration, as did the Gentiles, whose successors they are, and whose name they be...

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• Revelation 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? Ver. 4. And they worshipped...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And I stood upon the sand of the sea , &c. Here the beast is described at large, who was only mentioned before, Revelation 11:7 ; and a beast , in the prophetic style, is a tyrannical idolat...

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• Revelation 13:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A Beast Coming Out of the Sea In contrast to seeing a great sign in heaven in Revelation 12:1-3 , John now stands on the shore and sees a Beast rise out of the sea (out of the Gentile or Wester...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The First Beast. A. D.  95.       1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And they worshipped the dragon: by the dragon, here, is to be understood the devil. Which gave power unto the beast; who gave power to these emperors; not that they did so directly, but interp...

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

  ‘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 becau...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE FIRST BEAST CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES IN 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 Sa...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The conscious mind, enquiring after the truth and certainty of revelation, is worthy of all the aid that science can afford. In Daniel, as stated above, on chap. Revelation 10:5 , we have before us...

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• Revelation 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A beast rise up out of the sea. The domain of antichrist I. It has a manifold development. In the commerce of the world, in the government of the world, in the campaigns of the world, in the li...

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• Revelation 13:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea. The Revised Version, agreeing with א, A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, AE thiopic, Armenian, Victorinus, reads ἐστάθη, "he stood...

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

  The Seven-Headed Beast of Blasphemy and the Two-Horned Beast of Deceit. The description of the first beast:

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• Revelation 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:20-22 ; 1 Samuel 17:24 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Daniel 11:36 ; Daniel 11:37 ; Deuteronomy 9:2 ; Psalms 106:37 ; Psalms 106:38 ; Revelation 17:14 ; Revel...

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• Revelation 13:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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 Chapter s in Revelation, at one time. We realize we cannot do...

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