Revelation 17:11

So must the Beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king, although he is one of the seven, and is on his way to destruction.

Twentieth Century 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

10They are also seven kings; of whom five have fallen and one remains, while one is not yet come. When he comes, he must stay for a little while.

12The ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received their kingdoms, but for an hour they receive the authority of kings, together with the Beast.

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Cross References

Revelation 17:8The Beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit, and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed — those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world — when they see that the Beast was, but is not, and yet will 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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