1And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. …
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here an account of the rise, figure, and progress of the first beast; and observe, 1. From what situation the apostle saw this monster. He seemed to himself to stand upon the sea-shore , though it is probable he was still in a rapture; but he took himself to be in the island Patmos , but whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell. 2. Whence this beast came— out of the sea ; a…
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