Revelation 13:3 BSB

Revelation 13:3

One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;

KJV

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I saw one of his heads, as it were wounded to death - The phrase “wounded to death” means properly that it received a mortal wound, that is, the wound would have been mortal if it had not been healed. A blow was struck that would be naturally fatal, but there was something that prevented the fatal result. John does not say, however, by whom the wound was inflicted, nor does he describe further the nature of the wound. He says that “one of the heads” - that is, one of the seven heads - was thus wounded.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
μίαν	mian	one	G1520 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
κεφαλῶν	kephalōn	heads	G2776 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
ὡς	hōs	[was] as	G5613 →
ἐσφαγμένην	esphagmenēn	slain	G4969 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
θάνατον,	thanaton	death,	G2288 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
πληγὴ	plēgē	wound	G4127 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θανάτου	thanatou	of death	G2288 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
ἐθεραπεύθη,	etherapeuthē	was healed,	G2323 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐθαυμάσθη	ethaumasthē	marveled	G2296 →
ὅλη	holē	all	G3650 →
ἡ	hē	[on] the	G3588 →
γῆ	gē	earth	G1093 →
ὀπίσω	opisō	after	G3694 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θηρίου.	thēriou	beast.	G2342 →

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
Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose…
leads to
- Revelation 11:7
  When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Revelation 17:11
  The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
Through
Revelation 17:17
For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
  and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Revelation 10:7
  But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the…
Through
Revelation 13:14
Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had…
leads to
- Revelation 12:9
  And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- 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…
- Revelation 13:8
  And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was…
Through
Revelation 17:13
These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.
leads to
- Revelation 17:17
  For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.