4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
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.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. …
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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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