Revelation 13:12 BSB

Revelation 13:12

And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.

KJV

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

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Commentary

2 voices

Hippolytus of Rome

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments (235)

And the words, "he exercised all the power of the first beast before him, and caused the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed," signify that, after the manner of the law of Augustus, by whom the empire of Rome was established, he too will rule and govern, sanctioning everything by it, and taking greater glory to himself.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Christ's three offices are thus perverted: the first beast is the false kingship; the harlot, the false priesthood; the second beast, the false prophet. The beast is the bodily, the false prophet the intellectual, the harlot the spiritual power of Antichristianity [AUBERLEN].

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πρώτου	prōtou	first	G4413 →
θηρίου	thēriou	beast	G2342 →
πᾶσαν	pasan	all	G3956 →
ποιεῖ	poiei	it exercises	G4160 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	on behalf	G1799 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ποιεῖ	poiei	makes	G4160 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	it	G846 →
κατοικοῦντας	katoikountas	dwelling	G2730 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
προσκυνήσουσιν	proskunēsousin	they will worship	G4352 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
πρῶτον,	prōton	first,	G4413 →
οὗ	hou	of whom	G3739 →
ἐθεραπεύθη	etherapeuthē	was healed	G2323 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
πληγὴ	plēgē	wound	G4127 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θανάτου	thanatou	fatal	G2288 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of it.	G846 →

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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
Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
leads to
- Revelation 20:10
  And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 21:8
  But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Revelation 20:14–15
  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8–11
  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:2
  “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
- Daniel 7:25
  He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
- Revelation 13:6–7
  And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
- Isaiah 14:13–14
  You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…