Revelation 13:11 BSB

Revelation 13:11

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

KJV

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

After this he likewise describes his armour-bearer, whom he also terms a false prophet: "He spake as a dragon, and exercised all the power of the first beast in his sight, and caused the earth, and those that dwell therein, to adore the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he shall perform great wonders, so that he can even cause fire to descend from heaven upon the earth in the sight of men, and he shall lead the inhabitants of the earth astray."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As the first beast was like the Lamb in being, as it were, wounded to death, so the second is like the Lamb in having two lamb-like horns (its essential difference from the Lamb is marked by its having TWO, but the Lamb SEVEN horns, Re 5:6). The former paganism of the world power, seeming to be wounded to death by Christianity, revives.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
εἶδον	eidon	I saw	G1492 →
ἄλλο	allo	another	G243 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
ἀναβαῖνον	anabainon	rising	G305 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς,	gēs	earth,	G1093 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶχεν	eichen	it had	G2192 →
κέρατα	kerata	horns	G2768 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ὅμοια	homoia	like	G3664 →
ἀρνίῳ	arniō	as a lamb	G721 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλάλει	elalei	it was speaking	G2980 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
δράκων.	drakōn	a dragon.	G1404 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
leads to
- 1 John 4:1
  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- Acts 20:29–31
  I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
- Mark 13:22–23
  For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Through
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
leads to
- Revelation 16:6
  For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- Revelation 13:15
  The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
Through
Daniel 7:8
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a…
leads to
- Revelation 13:5–6
  The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.