Revelation 13:16

And he causeth all—the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond,—that they should give unto them a mark, upon their right hand or upon their forehead;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

In Context

15And it was given unto it, to give spirit unto the image of the wild-beast, in order that the image of the wild-beast should both speak and should cause that, as many as should not do homage unto the image of the wild-beast, should be slain.

17[and] that no one should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:8and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand,—and they shall serve for bands between thine eyes;

2 Chronicles 15:13and, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh God of Israel, should be put to death,—whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Psalms 49:2Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,—Together both rich and needy:—

Ezekiel 9:4Then said Yahweh unto him. Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,—and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations that are being done in her midst.

Acts 26:22So then, having met with, the help that is from God, until this day, do I stand, witnessing to both small and great, nothing else saying, than those things which both the prophets, and Moses, did say should certainly come to pass:—

Galatians 3:28There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:

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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