Revelation 13:17
so that no one may buy or sell, unless he has the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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Revelation 13:16And she will cause everyone, small and great, wealthy and poor, free and servant, to have a character on their right hand or on their foreheads,
Revelation 14:9And the third Angel followed them, saying with a great voice: “If anyone has worshiped the beast, or his image, or has received his character on his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 15:2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire. And those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were standing upon the sea of glass, holding the harps of God,
Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face. And his name shall be on their foreheads.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:12-18
The Second Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 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. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which… Read the whole commentary →