Revelation 17:11

And the beast who was, but is not, is himself also an eighth, although he is one of the seven kings, and is on his way to perdition.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

In Context

10and they are seven kings; the five have fallen, one is, the other is not yet come (and when he does come, he must remain a short time).

12"The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received their kingdoms; but they have received authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

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Cross References

Revelation 17:8The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the bottomless pit, and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall wonder, those whose names have never, from the foundation of the world, been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, when they gaze on the beast; how he was and is not, and is to come.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:8-14

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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