11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. …
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)Those who think the first beast signifies Rome pagan by this second beast would understand Rome papal, which promotes idolatry and tyranny, but in a more soft and lamb-like manner: those that understand the first beast of the secular power of the papacy take the second to intend its spiritual and ecclesiastical powers, which act under the disguise of religion and charity to the souls of men. Here…
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