Revelation 13:5
He was given the ability to make great boasts and speak blasphemies, and he was also given the authority to do this for forty-two months.
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Ezekiel 35:13You made a lot of boasts attacking me—you had much to say against me. I heard it for myself!
Daniel 7:11I was watching because of the boasts the little horn was making. I went on watching until that beast was killed and its body destroyed by burning.
Daniel 7:25He will speak words of defiance against the Most High and oppress the dedicated people of the Most High, and attempt to change times and laws, and they will be placed under his power for a time, two times, and half a time.
2 Thessalonians 2:4He is the enemy of God, and proudly sets himself up over everything that is called God and is worshiped. He even installs himself in God's Temple, claiming to be God.
Revelation 11:7When they finish their testimony, the beast coming from the Abyss will attack them, defeat them, and kill them.
Revelation 12:14The woman was given the wings of a large eagle so she could fly away to a deserted place where she could be looked after for a time, times, and half a time, protected from the serpent.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:2-11
The First Beast. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And 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. 2 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. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all… Read the whole commentary →