Chapter 13

13Andhestooduponthesandofthesea.AndIsawabeastascendoutofthesea,havingtenhornsandsevenheads,andtendiademsuponhishorns,anduponhisheadsthenamesofblasphemy.
2AndthebeastwhichIsawwaslikeuntoaleopard,andhisfeetwereasthefeetofabear,andhismouthasthemouthofalion:andthedragongavehimhismight,andhisthrone,andgreatpower.
3Andoneofhisheadsasifslaintodeathandhisdeadlyplaguewashealed:andalltheearthwonderedafterᵒthebeast.
4Andtheyworshippedthedragonwhichgavepoweruntothebeast:andtheyworshippedthebeast,saying,Whoislikeuntothebeast?Whoisabletomakewarwithhim?
5Andtherewasgivenuntohimamouthspeakinggreatthingsandblasphemies;andpowerwasgivenuntohimtoactfortyandtwomonths.
6AndheopenedhismouthinblasphemyagainstGod,toblasphemehisname,andhistabernacle,[and]thosewhotabernacleinheaven.
7Anditwasgivenuntohimtomakewarwiththesaints,andtoovercomethem:andpowerwasgivenhimoveralltribes,andpeople,andtongues,andnations.
8Andallwhodwellupontheearthshallworshiphim,whosenameisnotwritteninthebookoflifeoftheLambslainfromthefoundationoftheworld.
9Ifanymanhasanear,lethimhear.
10Hethatisledintocaptivityshallgointocaptivity:hethatiskilledwiththeshort-swordmustbekilledwiththeshort-sword.Hereisthepatienceandthefaithofthesaints.
11AndIbeheldanotherbeastascendoutoftheearth;andhehadtwohornslikealamb,andhespokeasadragon.
12Andheexercisesallthepowerofthefirstbeastbeforehim,andcausestheearthandthemwhichdwellthereintoworshipthefirstbeast,whosedeadlyplaguewashealed.
13Andhedoesgreatsigns,sothathemakesfirecomedownfromheavenontheearthinthesightofmen,
14Anddeceivesthosewhodwellontheearthbythemeansofthosesignswhichitwasgivenhimtodointhesightofthebeast;sayingtothosewhodwellontheearth,thattheyshouldmakeanimagetothebeast,whohadtheplagueoftheshort-sword,anddidlive.
15Anditwasgivenhimtogivespirituntotheimageofthebeast,thattheimageofthebeastshouldbothspeak,andcausethatasmanyaswouldnotworshiptheimageofthebeastshouldbekilled.
16Andhecausesall,bothsmallandgreat,richandpoor,freeandbond,toreceiveamarkupontheirrighthand,orupontheirforehead:
17Andthatnonemightbuyorsell,savehethathadthemark:thenameofthebeastorthenumberofhisname.
18Hereiswisdom.Lethimwhohasunderstandingcalculatethenumberofthebeast:foritisthenumberofaman;andhisnumberissixhundredsixtyandsix.