To give breath to it (δουνα πνευμα αυτη). This second beast, probably a system like the first (not a mere person), was endowed wit…

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast. This means that the image of the beast would be naturally powerle , or would ha…

And he had power . . .—Better, And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the wild beast, that the image of the wi…

(14a) Here more must be involved than the deceptions of the imperial priesthood. The quality of the miracles deceives those who follow the beast—na…

And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast ,
&c.] Or "breath"; he brea…

Those who understand the first beast to denote a worldly power also consider the second to be a persecuting and assumed power, which acts under the…