Revelation 13:17 BSB

Revelation 13:17

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

KJV

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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Commentary

4 voices

Bede

Commentary on Revelation (735)

Except one who has the mark, etc. That is, who shares in that deceit. For the mark, that is, the sign, and the name of the beast, and the number of his name are one. For it is the number of a man, so that …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And that no man might buy or sell - That is, this mighty power would claim jurisdiction over the traffic of the world, and endeavor to make it tributary to its own purposes. Compare Rev 18:11-13, Rev 18:17-19. This is represented by saying that no one might “buy or sell” except by its permission; and it is clear that where this power exists of determining who may “buy and sell,” there is absolute control over the wealth of the world.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The "mark" (Greek, "charagma") and "name" are one and the same. The first two radical letters of Christ (Greek, "Christos"), Ch and R, are the same as the first two of charagma, and were the imperial monogram of Christian Rome.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And--So A, B, and Vulgate read. C, IRENÃ†US, 316, Coptic, and Syriac omit it. might buy--Greek, "may be able to buy." the mark, or the name--Greek, "the mark (namely), the name of the beast." The mark may be, as in the case of the sealing of the saints in the forehead, not a visible mark, but symbolical of allegiance.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
μή	mē	no	G3361 →
τις	tis	one	G5100 →
δύνηται	dunētai	may be able	G1410 →
ἀγοράσαι	agorasai	to buy	G59 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
πωλῆσαι	pōlēsai	to sell	G4453 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
χάραγμα	charagma	mark —	G5480 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θηρίου	thēriou	beast	G2342 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀριθμὸν	arithmon	number	G706 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ὀνόματος	onomatos	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ.¶	autou	of it.	G846 →

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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
Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
leads to
- Revelation 14:1
  Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Matthew 5:8
  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Revelation 3:12
  The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
- 1 John 3:2–3
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
Through
Revelation 15:2
And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps…
leads to
- Revelation 4:6
  And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
Through
Revelation 13:16
And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
leads to
- Revelation 20:4
  Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for…
- 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…
- Ezekiel 9:4
  “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”