Revelation 13:17

so that no one is able to buy or sell, except those that bear this brand — either the name of the Beast or the number indicated by the letters of his name.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

16High and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves — it causes a brand to be put on the right hand or on the forehead of every one of them,

18(Here there is need for discernment.) Let him who has the ability compute the number of the Beast; for the number indicates a man’s name. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

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Cross References

Revelation 13:16High and low, rich and poor, freemen and slaves — it causes a brand to be put on the right hand or on the forehead of every one of them,

Revelation 14:9Then a third angel followed them, crying in a loud voice — ‘Whoever worships the Beast and its image, and receives its brand on his forehead or on his hand,

Revelation 15:2Then I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire; and, standing by this sea of glass, holding the harps of God, I saw those who had come victorious out of the conflict with the Beast and its image and the number that formed its name.

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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