Revelation 13:7 BSB

Revelation 13:7

Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

KJV

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And it was given unto him - By the same power that taught him to blaspheme God and his church. See the notes on Rev 13:2, Rev 13:5. To make war with the saints - See this fully illustrated in the notes on the parallel passage in Dan 7:21, and at the end of that chapter, (f). And to overcome them - In those wars. This was abundantly fulfilled in the wars with the Waldenses, the Albigenses, and the other sincere followers of the Saviour in the time of the papal persecutions.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	there was given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to it	G846 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	to make	G4160 →
πόλεμον	polemon	war	G4171 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἁγίων	hagiōn	saints	G40 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
νικῆσαι	nikēsai	to overcome	G3528 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	was given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to it	G846 →
ἐξουσία	exousia	authority	G1849 →
ἐπὶ	epi	over	G1909 →
πᾶσαν	pasan	every	G3956 →
φυλὴν	phulēn	tribe	G5443 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λαὸν	laon	people	G2992 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γλῶσσαν	glōssan	tongue	G1100 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔθνος.	ethnos	nation.	G1484 →

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
- 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,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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,…
- 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.
- 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
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the…
leads to
- Revelation 14:12
  Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Genesis 3:15
  And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Revelation 19:10
  So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus.…