Revelation 13:1-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The First Beast
13 And I saw a beast[a] rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder. 4 Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
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- 13.1 a beast: This symbolizes the material forces of evil, arrayed against the church.
Revelation 13:11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Second Beast
11 Then I saw another beast[a] which rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
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- 13.11 another beast: i.e., the false prophets.
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