Revelation 13:8 BSB

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 slain.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.

KJV

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Revelation (735)

The Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world. The Lamb, as Peter says, without blemish, foreordained indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifest in these last times (1 Peter I). Another edition translates it as the Lamb marked from the …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The former is in the Greek more obvious and simple. "Whatsoever virtue was in the sacrifices, did operate through Messiah's death alone. As He was "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world," so all atonements ever made were only effectual by His blood" [BISHOP PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed].

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσκυνήσουσιν	proskunēsousin	will worship	G4352 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
κατοικοῦντες	katoikountes	dwelling	G2730 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς,	gēs	earth,	G1093 →
οὗ	hou	each of whom	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
γέγραπται	gegraptai	have been written	G1125 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
βιβλίῳ	bibliō	book	G975 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ζωῆς	zōēs	of life	G2222 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀρνίου	arniou	Lamb	G721 →
τοῦ	tou	which	G3588 →
ἐσφαγμένου	esphagmenou	slain	G4969 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
καταβολῆς	katabolēs	[the] founding	G2602 →
κόσμου.¶	kosmou	of [the] world.	G2889 →

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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
Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 8:28–30
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Matthew 25:34
  Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Revelation 3:5
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His…
leads to
- Matthew 10:32
  Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Luke 12:8
  I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.