Revelation 13:17

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

In Context

16And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.

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Cross References

Revelation 13:16And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

Revelation 14:9And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,

Revelation 15:2And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,

Revelation 22:4They will see His face, and His name will 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 →

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