Revelation 13:5 BSB

Revelation 13:5

The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

BSB

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ASV

and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.

KJV

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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Commentary

1 voice

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 13:5-6 (560)

With these months there is completed the three years and six months, which above were understood to refer to the quality of the present age. However, here the severity of the final persecution is especially foretold. For were one to consider the four familiar directions …

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	was given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to it	G846 →
στόμα	stoma	a mouth	G4750 →
λαλοῦν	laloun	speaking	G2980 →
μεγάλα	megala	great things	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βλασφημίας	blasphēmias	blasphemies	G988 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	was given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to it	G846 →
ἐξουσία	exousia	authority	G1849 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	to act	G4160 →
μῆνας	mēnas	months	G3376 →
τεσσεράκοντα	tesserakonta	forty	G5062 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δύο.	duo	two.	G1417 →

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
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…
leads to
- Revelation 12:14
  But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 12:7
  And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
- Revelation 13:5–11
  The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Revelation 12:6
  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Through
Daniel 11:36
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the…
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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
leads to
- Revelation 11:2–3
  But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Through
Daniel 7:11
Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
leads to
- 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…