And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men.
And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men,
And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men.
About this book
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About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both