Chapter 13

13Andhestooduponthesandofthesea.AndIsawabeastascendoutofthesea,havingtenhornsandsevenheads,andtendiademsuponhishorns,anduponhisheadsthenamesofblasphemy.
2AndthebeastwhichIsawwaslikeuntoaleopard,andhisfeetwereasthefeetofabear,andhismouthasthemouthofalion:andthedragongavehimhismight,andhisthrone,andgreatpower.
3AndIsawoneofhisheadsasitwerewoundedtodeath;andhisdeadlywoundwashealed:andalltheworldwonderedafterthebeast.
4Andtheyworshippedthedragonwhichgavepoweruntothebeast:andtheyworshippedthebeast,saying,Whoislikeuntothebeast?Whoisabletomakewarwithhim?
5Andtherewasgivenuntohimamouthspeakinggreatthingsandblasphemies;andpowerwasgivenuntohimtoactfortyandtwomonths.
6AndheopenedhismouthinblasphemyagainstGod,toblasphemehisname,andhistabernacle,[and]thosewhodwellinheaven.
7Anditwasgivenuntohimtomakewarwiththesaints,andtoovercomethem:andpowerwasgivenhimoverallkindreds,andtongues,andnations.
8Andallwhodwellupontheearthshallworshiphim,whosenamesarenotwritteninthebookoflifeoftheLambslainfromthefoundationoftheworld.
9Ifanymanhasanear,lethimhear.
10Hethatisledintocaptivityshallgointocaptivity:hethatiskilledwiththeswordmustbekilledwiththesword.Hereisthepatienceandthefaithofthesaints.
11AndIbeheldanotherbeastascendoutoftheearth;andhehadtwohornslikealamb,andhespakeasadragon.
12Andheexercisesallthepowerofthefirstbeastbeforehim,andcausestheearthandthemwhichdwellthereintoworshipthefirstbeast,whosedeadlywoundwashealed.
13Andhedoesgreatsigns,sothathemakesfirecomedownfromheavenontheearthinthesightofmen,
14Anddeceivesthosewhodwellontheearthbythemeansofthosesignswhichitwasgivenhimtodointhesightofthebeast;sayingtothosewhodwellontheearth,thattheyshouldmakeanimagetothebeast,whohadthewoundbyasword,anddidlive.
15Anditwasgivenhimtogivelifeuntotheimageofthebeast,thattheimageofthebeastshouldbothspeak,andcausethatasmanyaswouldnotworshiptheimageofthebeastshouldbekilled.
16Andhecausesall,bothsmallandgreat,richandpoor,freeandbond,toreceiveamarkintheirrighthand,orintheirforeheads:
17Andthatnonemightbuyorsell,savehethathadthemark:thenameofthebeastorthenumberofhisname.
18Hereiswisdom.Lethimwhohasunderstandingcalculatethenumberofthebeast:foritisthenumberofaman;andhisnumberissixhundredsixtyandsix.