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A Satan-Empowered Empire
Commentators widely agree that the beast symbolizes a tyrannical, worldly empire that persecutes God's people. Scholars identify its primary historical manifestation as the Roman Empire, which was hostile to the early church. Crucially, the beast's power is not its own; it is derived directly from 'the dragon' (Satan) to oppose God's kingdom on earth.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 13:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER XIII
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER
This chapter is closely connected with chapter 12, which is properly introductory to this and to…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 13:1
He stood (εσταθη). First aorist passive indicative of ιστημ (intransitive), as in 8:3. "He stopped" on his way to war with the res…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 13:1
19th Century
Bishop
And I . . .—Better, And he (not “I stood,” as in the English version, but he, i.e., the dragon) stood upon t…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 13:1–2
(1a) Most modern translations include v.1a as the concluding verse of ch. 12 because they adopt manuscripts that read “he [i.e., the dragon] stood”…
John Gill
On Revelation 13:1
17th Century
Pastor
Error: Completed but no modernized text found in DB
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 13:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The apostle, standing on the shore, saw a savage beast rise out of the sea���a tyrannical, idolatrous, persecuting power, springing up out of the t…