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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, Diego Velázquez

Revelation 13:14

Diego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618 · National Gallery, London · Public domainDiego Velázquez, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1618, National Gallery, London

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Revelation 13:14 (WEB)

He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “…one may be able to buy or sell, unless he who has the mark of the name of the beast or the number of his name; and the number is six hundred and sixty-six,” that is, six times a hundred, six times ten, and six units. [He gives this] as a summing up of the whole of that apostasy which has taken place during six…” — editor's note: Rev. xiii. 14, etc.

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Hippolytus of Rome

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  • Luke 21:35 and Revelation 13:14 share the same wording (9 words).

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  • Revelation 13:14 takes up the words of 1 Kings 8:27 (8 words in common).

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