That he should even make fire come down out of heaven (ινα κα πυρ ποιη εκ του ουρανου καταβαινειν). Purpose clause again with ινα …

And he doeth great wonders. Signs—shmeia—the word commonly employed to denote miracles (See Barnes on Acts 2:19…

And causes the earth . . .—Literally, and he makes the earth and those who dwell in it worship the first wild…

One of the strategies the land beast uses to deceive people into following the first beast is the performance of “miraculous signs” (GK 4956). The …

And he doeth great wonders
Or miracles; not real, but pretended ones, lying wonders, which the Popish legends are full of the …

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…