18 (A)Here is wisdom. Let him who has (B)understanding calculate (C)the number of the beast, (D)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

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18 This calls for wisdom.(A) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a](B) That number is 666.

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  1. Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number

And I saw something like (A)a sea of glass (B)mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, (C)over his image and [a]over his mark and over the (D)number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, (E)having harps of God.

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  1. Revelation 15:2 NU, M omit over his mark

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass(A) glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious(B) over the beast(C) and its image(D) and over the number of its name.(E) They held harps(F) given them by God

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(A)“Here is the mind which has wisdom: (B)The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

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“This calls for a mind with wisdom.(A) The seven heads(B) are seven hills on which the woman sits.

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17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

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17 The angel measured the wall using human(A) measurement, and it was 144 cubits[a] thick.[b]

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  1. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
  2. Revelation 21:17 Or high

(A)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for (B)the time is near.

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Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(A) because the time is near.(B)

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The Great Tribulation(A)

14 (B)“So when you see the (C)‘abomination of desolation,’ [a]spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then (D)let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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  1. Mark 13:14 NU omits spoken of by Daniel the prophet

14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a](A) standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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  1. Mark 13:14 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
  2. Mark 13:14 Or he

10 (A)Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, (B)but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but (C)the wise shall understand.

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10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined,(A) but the wicked will continue to be wicked.(B) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.(C)

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Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (A)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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43 (A)Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

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43 Let the one who is wise(A) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds(B) of the Lord.

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11 (A)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of (B)the [a]giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in (C)Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 Heb. rephaim

11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(A) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(B) of the Ammonites.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (A)(I speak as a man.)

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But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B)

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