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It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn`t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
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A Demonic Parody of Life
Commentators explain that the beast gives "breath" to a lifeless image, a demonic parody of God breathing life into Adam. This represents a deceptive spiritual power animating a worldly ideology or political system, making it seem vital and authoritative. This animated "image" then speaks, issuing commands and demanding the worship that belongs only to God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast. This means that the image of the beast would be naturally powerless, or would h…
To give breath to it (δουνα πνευμα αυτη). This second beast, probably a system like the first (not a mere person), was endowed wit…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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(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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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