The Beast from the Earth

11 Then I saw another beast (A)coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, (B)whose deadly wound was healed. 13 (C)He performs great signs, (D)so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 (E)And he deceives [a]those who dwell on the earth (F)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword (G)and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (H)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, (I)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has [b]the mark or (J)the name of the beast, (K)or the number of his name.

18 (L)Here is wisdom. Let him who has (M)understanding calculate (N)the number of the beast, (O)for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:14 M my own people
  2. Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark, the name

11 Then kai I saw another allos beast thērion rising anabainō out of ek the ho earth . · kai He had echō two dyo horns keras like homoios a lamb arnion, but kai he spoke laleō like hōs a dragon drakōn. 12 · kai He exercised poieō all pas the ho authority exousia of the ho first prōtos beast thērion on enōpion his autos behalf, and kai made poieō the ho earth and kai those ho who live katoikeō in en it autos to hina worship proskyneō the ho first prōtos beast thērion, · ho the one hos whose deadly thanatos wound plēgē had been healed therapeuō. · ho · ho 13 · kai He performed poieō impressive megas signs sēmeion, even hina · kai making poieō fire pyr come down katabainō from ek · ho heaven ouranos to eis · ho earth in the sight enōpion of ho everyone anthrōpos; 14 and kai by dia the ho signs sēmeion he autos was allowed didōmi to perform poieō on behalf of enōpion the ho beast thērion, he deceived planaō those ho who live katoikeō on epi the ho earth . He told legō those ho who live katoikeō on epi the ho earth to make poieō an image eikōn in honor of the ho beast thērion who hos had been echō · ho wounded plēgē by the ho sword machaira yet kai lived zaō. 15 · kai The second beast autos was allowed didōmi to animate didōmi the ho image eikōn of the ho first beast thērion so that hina · kai the ho image eikōn of the ho beast thērion could speak laleō, and kai could cause poieō all those hosos who would not worship proskyneō the ho image eikōn of the ho beast thērion to be killed apokteinō. 16 He also kai caused poieō everyone pas · ho small mikros and kai · ho great megas, · kai · ho rich plousios and kai · ho poor ptōchos, · kai · ho free eleutheros and kai · ho slave— to hina receive didōmi a mark charagma on epi · ho their autos right dexios hand cheir · ho or ē on epi · ho their autos forehead metōpon. 17 And kai no one tis was permitted dynamai to buy agorazō or ē to sell pōleō unless ei mē he ho bore echō the ho mark charagma, that is, the ho name onoma of the ho beast thērion or ē the ho number arithmos of ho his autos name onoma. 18 This hōde calls for eimi · ho wisdom sophia: let the ho one who has echō insight nous calculate psēphizō the ho number arithmos of the ho beast thērion, for gar it is eimi the number arithmos of a man anthrōpos, and kai · ho his autos number arithmos is six hundred hexakosioi and sixty-six hexēkonta hex.

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