Revelation 17:11 BSB

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.

KJV

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

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Commentary

2 voices

Victorinus of Pettau

Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John (304)

"And the beast which thou sawest is of the seven." Since before those kings Nero reigned. "And he is the eighth." He says only when this beast shall come, reckon it the eighth place, since in that is the completion. He added:- "And shall go into perdition." For that ten kings received royal power when he shall move from the east, he says. He shall be sent from the city of Rome with his armies. And Daniel sets forth the ten horns and the ten diadems.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And the beast that was, and is not - That is, the one power that was formerly mighty; that died away so that it might be said to be extinct; and yet Rev 17:8 that “still is,” or has a prolonged existence. It is evident that, by the “beast” here, there is some one power, dominion, empire, or rule, whose essential identity is preserved through all these changes, and to which it is proper to give the same name.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν,	estin	is,	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
αὐτὸς	autos	himself	G846 →
ὄγδοός	ogdoos	an eighth	G3590 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἑπτά	hepta	seven	G2033 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ἀπώλειαν	apōleian	destruction	G684 →
ὑπάγει.	hupagei	goes.	G5217 →

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The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

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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 3:10
  Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the…
- Revelation 9:1–2
  Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
- Revelation 19:15–21
  And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
- Revelation 14:8–20
  Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”