Revelation 13:17
so that no one might be able to buy or to sell, except those who had the mark of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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Revelation 13:16and to cause that all, great and small, rich and poor, bond and free, should receive a mark on their right hands, or upon their foreheads;
Revelation 14:9And another, a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man shall worship the beast of prey and its image, and shall receive its mark upon his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire: and they, who had been victorious over the beast of prey, and over its image, and over the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass; and they had the harps of God.
Revelation 22:4And they 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 →