Revelation 3:7-13

New King James Version

The Faithful Church

⁷ “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Philadelphia write,

‘These things says ^(A)He who is holy, ^(B)He who is true, ^(C)“He who has the key of David, ^(D)He who opens and no one shuts, and ^(E)shuts and no one opens”: ^8 (F)“I know your works. See, I have set before you ^(G)an open door, ^[b]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. ⁹ Indeed I will make ^(H)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed ^(I)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. ¹⁰ Because you have kept ^[c]My command to persevere, ^(J)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon ^(K)the whole world, to test those who dwell ^(L)on the earth. ^11 [d]Behold, ^(M)I am coming quickly! ^(N)Hold fast what you have, that no one may take ^(O)your crown. ¹² He who overcomes, I will make him ^(P)a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall ^(Q)go out no more. ^(R)I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the ^(S)New Jerusalem, which ^(T)comes down out of heaven from My God. ^(U)And I will write on him My new name.

^13 (V)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’

The Lukewarm Church

¹⁴ “And to the ^[e]angel of the church ^[f]of the Laodiceans write,

^(W)‘These things says the Amen, ^(X)the Faithful and True Witness, ^(Y)the Beginning of the creation of God: ^15 (Z)“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither ^[g]cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷ Because you say, ^(AA)‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— ¹⁸ I counsel you ^(AB)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and ^(AC)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. ^19 (AD)As many as I love, I rebuke and ^(AE)chasten.^[h] Therefore be ^[i]zealous and repent. ²⁰ Behold, ^(AF)I stand at the door and knock. ^(AG)If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(AH)I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹ To him who overcomes ^(AI)I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

^22 (AJ)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ”

The Throne Room of Heaven^(AK)

4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing ^(AL)open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a ^(AM)trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

² Immediately ^(AN)I was in the Spirit; and behold, ^(AO)a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. ^3 [j]And He who sat there was ^(AP)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; ^(AQ)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. ^4 (AR)Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, ^(AS)clothed in white ^[k]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. ⁵ And from the throne proceeded ^(AT)lightnings, ^[l]thunderings, and voices. ^(AU)Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are ^(AV)the^[m] seven Spirits of God.

⁶ Before the throne there ^[n]was ^(AW)a sea of glass, like crystal. ^(AX)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. ^7 (AY)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. ⁸ The four living creatures, each having ^(AZ)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, ^(BD)who lives forever and ever, ^10 (BE)the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

The Lamb Takes the Scroll

5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne ^(BI)a scroll written inside and on the back, ^(BJ)sealed with seven seals. ² Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ^(BK)“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” ³ And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

⁴ So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open ^[r]and read the scroll, or to look at it. ⁵ But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, ^(BL)the Lion of the tribe of ^(BM)Judah, ^(BN)the Root of David, has ^(BO)prevailed to open the scroll ^(BP)and ^[s]to loose its seven seals.”

⁶ And I looked, ^[t]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood ^(BQ)a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and ^(BR)seven eyes, which are ^(BS)the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷ Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^(BT)of Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(BU)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(BV)prayers of the saints. ⁹ And ^(BW)they sang a new song, saying:

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice:

¹³ And ^(CC)every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

¹⁴ Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the ^[y]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[z]Him who lives forever and ever.

First Seal: The Conqueror

6 Now ^(CF)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the ^[aa]seals; and I heard ^(CG)one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” ² And I looked, and behold, ^(CH)a white horse. ^(CI)He who sat on it had a bow; ^(CJ)and a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(CK)conquering and to conquer.

Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

³ When He opened the second seal, ^(CL)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come ^[ab]and see.” ^4 (CM)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to ^(CN)take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

⁵ When He opened the third seal, ^(CO)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, ^(CP)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of ^(CQ)scales^[ac] in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A ^[ad]quart of wheat for a ^[ae]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^(CR)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

⁷ When He opened the fourth seal, ^(CS)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” ^8 (CT)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And ^[af]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(CU)to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, ^(CV)and by the beasts of the earth.

Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

⁹ When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^(CW)the altar ^(CX)the souls of those who had been slain ^(CY)for the word of God and for ^(CZ)the testimony which they held. ¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ^(DA)“How long, O Lord, ^(DB)holy and true, ^(DC)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ Then a ^(DD)white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them ^(DE)that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

¹² I looked when He opened the sixth seal, ^(DF)and ^[ag]behold, there was a great earthquake; and ^(DG)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the ^[ah]moon became like blood. ^13 (DH)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. ^14 (DI)Then the sky ^[ai]receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^(DJ)every mountain and island was moved out of its place. ¹⁵ And the ^(DK)kings of the earth, the great men, ^[aj]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, ^(DL)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, ^16 (DM)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who ^(DN)sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷ For the great day of His wrath has come, ^(DO)and who is able to stand?”

The Sealed of Israel

7 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, ^(DP)holding the four winds of the earth, ^(DQ)that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. ² Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³ saying, ^(DR)“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God ^(DS)on their foreheads.” ^4 (DT)And I heard the number of those who were sealed. ^(DU)One hundred and forty-four thousand ^(DV)of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹ After these things I looked, and behold, ^(DW)a great multitude which no one could number, ^(DX)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^(DY)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ^(DZ)“Salvation belongs to our God ^(EA)who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ^11 (EB)All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and ^(EC)worshiped God, ^12 (ED)saying:

¹³ Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in ^(EE)white robes, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴ And I said to him, ^[al]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, ^(EF)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and ^(EG)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will ^(EH)dwell among them. ^16 (EI)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ^(EJ)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne ^(EK)will shepherd them and lead them to ^[am]living fountains of waters. ^(EL)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

8 When^(EM) He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ^2 (EN)And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, ^(EO)and to them were given seven trumpets. ³ Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with ^(EP)the prayers of all the saints upon ^(EQ)the golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴ And ^(ER)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. ⁵ Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And ^(ES)there were noises, thunderings, ^(ET)lightnings, ^(EU)and an earthquake.

⁶ So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck

⁷ The first angel sounded: ^(EV)And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown ^(EW)to the ^[an]earth. And a third ^(EX)of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck

⁸ Then the second angel sounded: ^(EY)And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, ^(EZ)and a third of the sea ^(FA)became blood. ^9 (FB)And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

¹⁰ Then the third angel sounded: ^(FC)And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^(FD)and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ^11 (FE)The name of the star is Wormwood. ^(FF)A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

^12 (FG)Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day ^[ao]did not shine, and likewise the night.

¹³ And I looked, ^(FH)and I heard an ^[ap]angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ^(FI)“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

9 Then the fifth angel sounded: ^(FJ)And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to ^(FK)the ^[aq]bottomless pit. ² And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the ^(FL)sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. ³ Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, ^(FM)as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were commanded ^(FN)not to harm ^(FO)the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have ^(FP)the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[ar]they were not given authority to kill them, ^(FQ)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. ⁶ In those days ^(FR)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

^7 (FS)The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. ^(FT)On their heads were crowns of something like gold, ^(FU)and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸ They had hair like women’s hair, and ^(FV)their teeth were like lions’ teeth. ⁹ And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was ^(FW)like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. ¹⁰ They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. ¹¹ And they had as king over them ^(FX)the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is ^[as]Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name ^[at]Apollyon.

^12 (FY)One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

¹³ Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the ^(FZ)golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound ^(GA)at the great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵ So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a ^(GB)third of mankind. ¹⁶ Now ^(GC)the number of the army ^(GD)of the horsemen was two hundred million; ^(GE)I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; ^(GF)and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. ¹⁸ By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For ^[au]their power is in their mouth and in their tails; ^(GG)for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.

²⁰ But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(GH)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship ^(GI)demons, ^(GJ)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. ²¹ And they did not repent of their murders ^(GK)or their ^[av]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

The Mighty Angel with the Little Book

10 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. ^(GL)And a rainbow was on ^(GM)his head, his face was like the sun, and ^(GN)his feet like pillars of fire. ² He had a little book open in his hand. ^(GO)And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, ³ and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, ^(GP)seven thunders uttered their voices. ⁴ Now when the seven thunders ^[aw]uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying ^[ax]to me, ^(GQ)“Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”

⁵ The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^(GR)raised up his ^[ay]hand to heaven ⁶ and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, ^(GS)who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, ^(GT)that there should be delay no longer, ⁷ but ^(GU)in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

John Eats the Little Book

⁸ Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”

⁹ So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”

And he said to me, ^(GV)“Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

¹⁰ Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, ^(GW)and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, ^(GX)my stomach became bitter. ¹¹ And ^[az]he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given ^(GY)a reed like a measuring rod. ^[ba]And the angel stood, saying, ^(GZ)“Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. ² But leave out ^(HA)the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, ^(HB)for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will ^(HC)tread the holy city underfoot for ^(HD)forty-two months. ³ And I will give power to my two ^(HE)witnesses, ^(HF)and they will prophesy ^(HG)one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴ These are the ^(HH)two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the ^[bb]God of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(HI)fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. ^(HJ)And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. ⁶ These ^(HK)have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

The Witnesses Killed

⁷ When they ^(HL)finish their testimony, ^(HM)the beast that ascends ^(HN)out of the bottomless pit ^(HO)will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of ^(HP)the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, ^(HQ)where also ^[bc]our Lord was crucified. ^9 (HR)Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations ^[bd]will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, ^(HS)and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. ^10 (HT)And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, ^(HU)and send gifts to one another, ^(HV)because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

The Witnesses Resurrected

^11 (HW)Now after the three-and-a-half days ^(HX)the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹² And ^[be]they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” ^(HY)And they ascended to heaven ^(HZ)in a cloud, ^(IA)and their enemies saw them. ¹³ In the same hour ^(IB)there was a great earthquake, ^(IC)and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid ^(ID)and gave glory to the God of heaven.

^14 (IE)The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed

¹⁵ Then ^(IF)the seventh angel sounded: ^(IG)And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(IH)“The ^[bf]kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, ^(II)and He shall reign forever and ever!” ¹⁶ And ^(IJ)the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and ^(IK)worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying:

¹⁹ Then ^(IP)the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of ^[bi]His covenant was seen in His temple. And ^(IQ)there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, ^(IR)and great hail.

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. ² Then being with child, she cried out ^(IS)in labor and in pain to give birth.

³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, ^(IT)a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. ^4 (IU)His tail drew a third ^(IV)of the stars of heaven ^(IW)and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood ^(IX)before the woman who was ready to give birth, ^(IY)to devour her Child as soon as it was born. ⁵ She bore a male Child ^(IZ)who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was ^(JA)caught up to God and His throne. ⁶ Then ^(JB)the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there ^(JC)one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

⁷ And war broke out in heaven: ^(JD)Michael and his angels fought ^(JE)with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸ but they ^[bj]did not prevail, nor was a place found for ^[bk]them in heaven any longer. ⁹ So ^(JF)the great dragon was cast out, ^(JG)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, ^(JH)who deceives the whole world; ^(JI)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ^(JJ)“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, ^(JK)who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. ¹¹ And ^(JL)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, ^(JM)and they did not love their lives to the death. ¹² Therefore ^(JN)rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! ^(JO)Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, ^(JP)because he knows that he has a short time.”

The Woman Persecuted

¹³ Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted ^(JQ)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ^14 (JR)But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, ^(JS)that she might fly ^(JT)into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished ^(JU)for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ So the serpent ^(JV)spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus ^[bl]Christ.

The Beast from the Sea

13 Then ^[bm]I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw ^(JW)a beast rising up out of the sea, ^(JX)having ^[bn]seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a ^(JY)blasphemous name. ² Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The ^(JZ)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ³ And I saw one of his heads ^(KA)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And ^(KB)all the world marveled and followed the beast. ⁴ So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ^(KC)“Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

⁵ And he was given ^(KD)a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to ^[bo]continue for ^(KE)forty-two months. ⁶ Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, ^(KF)His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ It was granted to him ^(KG)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And ^(KH)authority was given him over every ^[bp]tribe, tongue, and nation.