The First Beast from the Sea

13 And I saw coming up out of the sea a beast that had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten royal headbands,[a] and on its heads a blasphemous name.[b] And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority. And one of its heads appeared as though slaughtered to death, and its fatal wound[c] had been healed. And the whole earth was astonished and followed after the beast.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:1 Or “ten diadem crowns”
  2. Revelation 13:1 Some manuscripts read “blasphemous names”
  3. Revelation 13:3 Literally “wound of death”