Revelation 13:14

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12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, ^awhose deadly wound was healed.

13 ^aHe performs great signs, ^bso that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

14 ^aAnd he deceives¹ those who dwell on the earth ^bby those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword ^cand lived.

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak ^aand cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, ^ato receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has¹ the mark or ^athe name of the beast, ^bor the number of his name.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Revelation 13:14

Saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live - The image of the beast must designate a person who represents in himself the whole power of the Latin empire, therefore it cannot be the emperor; for though he was, according to his own account, supremum caput Christianitatis , the supreme head of Christendom, yet he was only the chief of the Germanic confederation, and consequently was only sovereign of the principal power of the Latin empire. The image of the beast must be the supreme ruler of the Latin empire, and as it is through the influence of the false prophet that this image is made for the first beast, this great chief must be an ecclesiastic. Who this is has been ably shown by Bishop Newton in his comment on the following verse.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Revelation 13:14:

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