Is himself also an eighth and is of the seven (κα αυτος ογδοος κα εκ των επτα). This is the angel's interpretation and it looks li…

And the beast that was, and is not. That is, the one power that was formerly mighty; that died away so that it might be said to be extinct…

And the beast . . .—Better, And the wild beast which was, and is not, even he himself is the eighth, and is of the seven, and …

This verse presents all interpreters with a real difficulty. One interpretation refers the language to the Nero redivivus myth ()— namely, that a r…

And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth ,
&c.] That was in embryo in John's time, and yet was not …

The beast on which the woman sat was, and is not, and yet is. It was a seat of idolatry and persecution, and is not; not in the ancient form, which…