Revelation 17:8 BSB

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 names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.

BSB

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ASV

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.

KJV

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

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Commentary

3 voices

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation (550)

"The beast which you saw, was and is not, and is about to rise up out of the abyss," he says. For the Devil had indeed been, before the existence of the sensible world, made by God for good works, like the other glorious angels; …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The first of these three is described in the thirteenth chapter. chap. xiii, 1-18 This was past when the angel spoke to St. John. The second was then in its course; the third woe to come. And is not - The fifth phial brought darkness upon his kingdom: the woman took this advantage to seat herself upon him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But A, B, Syriac, and Coptic read the singular, "name is." written in--Greek, "upon." which--rather, "when they behold the beast that it was," &c. So Vulgate. was, and is not, and yet is--A, B, and ANDREAS read, "and shall come" (literally, "be present," namely, again: Greek, "kai parestai").

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Original language & word study

48 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τὸ	To	The	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
ὃ	ho	that	G3739 →
εἶδες,	eides	you saw	G1492 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μέλλει	mellei	is about	G3195 →
ἀναβαίνειν	anabainein	to come up	G305 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἀβύσσου	abussou	abyss	G12 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
ἀπώλειαν	apōleian	destruction	G684 →
ὑπάγει.	hupagei	go.	G5217 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
θαυμασθήσονται	thaumasthēsontai	will be astonished	G2296 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
κατοικοῦντες	katoikountes	dwelling	G2730 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς,	gēs	earth,	G1093 →
ὧν	hōn	whose	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
γέγραπται	gegraptai	has been written	G1125 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
ἐπὶ	epi	in	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
βιβλίον	biblion	book	G975 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ζωῆς	zōēs	of life	G2222 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
καταβολῆς	katabolēs	[the] foundation	G2602 →
κόσμου,	kosmou	of [the] world,	G2889 →
βλεπόντων	blepontōn	seeing	G991 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and yet	G2532 →
παρέσται.	parestai	it will exist.	G3918 →

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 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…
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:9
  if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Revelation 14:12
  Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Daniel 12:10
  Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
  No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
Through
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.
leads to
- 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.
- Daniel 8:23–24
  In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
- 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…