Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 Then I saw, ‘rising out of the sea, a wild Beast with ten
horns’ and seven heads. On its horns were ten diadems, and
on its heads were blasphemous names. note
2 The Beast that I saw
was like a leopard; but its feet were like a bear's, and its
mouth like the mouth of a lion. The Dragon gave it his
power and his throne, and wide dominion. note
3 One of its heads
seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly
wound had been healed. The whole earth followed the Beast,
wondering;
4 and men worshipped the Dragon, because he had
given his dominion to the Beast; while, as they worshipped
the Beast, they said—‘Who can compare with the Beast?
and who can fight with it?’
5 The Beast was given ‘a mouth
that spoke proudly’ and blasphemously, and it was empowered
to work its will for forty-two months. note
6 It opened its mouth
only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his Name and his
Tabernacle—those who dwell in his Tabernacle in Heaven.
7 It had been permitted to fight with Christ's People and to
conquer them, and it had received power over men of every
tribe, and people, and language, and nation. note
8 All who are
living on earth will worship it—all whose names have not
been written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the Lamb that has
been sacrificed from the foundation of the world. note ⪆⪆
9 Let
him who has ears hear.
10 ‘Whoever is destined for captivity
goes into captivity.’ Whoever shall kill with the sword must
inevitably be killed with the sword. ⪆⪆(Here there is
need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's People.) note
11 Then I saw, rising out of the earth, another wild Beast. It
had two horns like those of a lamb, and its voice was like a
dragon's.
12 It exercises all the authority of the first Beast
under its very eyes; and it makes the earth and all who are
living on it worship that first Beast, whose mortal wound was
healed.
13 It performs great marvels, even causing fire to fall
from the heavens to the earth, before men's eyes;
14 and in consequence
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of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under
the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living
on the earth. It bids those who live on the earth to make a
statue in honour of the Beast, who, despite the wound from
the sword, yet lived.
15 It was permitted to breathe life into the
image of the Beast, so that the image of the Beast might
speak; and it was also permitted to cause all who refused to
worship the image of the Beast to be put to death. note
16 High
and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves—it causes a brand
to be put on the right hand or on the forehead of every one
of them,
17 so that no one is able to buy or sell, except those that
bear this brand—either the name of the Beast or the number
indicated by the letters of his name. ⪆⪆
18 (Here there is need
for discernment.) Let him who has the ability compute the
number of the Beast; for the number indicates a man's name.
Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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