10 (A)If anyone [a]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; (B)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is (C)the [b]perseverance and the faith of the [c]saints.

The Beast from the Earth

11 Then (D)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had (E)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a (F)dragon. 12 He (G)exercises all the authority of the first beast [d](H)in his presence. And he makes (I)the earth and those who live on it (J)worship the first beast, whose (K)fatal wound was healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:10 Or leads into captivity
  2. Revelation 13:10 Or steadfastness
  3. Revelation 13:10 See note v 7
  4. Revelation 13:12 Or by his authority

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)

The Beast out of the Earth

11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth.(D) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.(E) 12 It exercised all the authority(F) of the first beast on its behalf,(G) and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast,(H) whose fatal wound had been healed.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  2. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2