Revelation 13:1

And I saw a beast of prey come up from the sea, having ten horns, and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the beast of prey which I saw, was like a leopard; and his feet like those of a wolf, and his mouth like the mouth of lions: and the dragon gave to him his own power and his throne, and great authority.

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Cross References

Revelation 11:7And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast of prey that came up from the abyss, will make war upon them, and will overcome them.

Revelation 13:5And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies: and authority was given him to operate forty and two months.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:1

We have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the church's enemies: not other enemies than are mentioned before, but described after another manner, that the methods of their enmity may more fully appear. They are represented as two beasts; the first you have an account of ( ver. 1-10 ) the second, ver. 11 , &c. By the first some understand Rome pagan, and by the second Rome papal; but others understand Rome papal to be represented by both these beasts, by the first in its secular power, by the… Read the whole commentary →

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