Discovery BoxRevelation 13:8-14 
Context13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, 1 everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world 2 in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. 3 13:9 If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!
13:10 If anyone is meant for captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed by the sword, 4
then by the sword he must be killed.
This 5 requires steadfast endurance 6 and faith from the saints.
13:11 Then 7 I saw another beast 8 coming up from the earth. He 9 had two horns like a lamb, 10 but 11 was speaking like a dragon. 13:12 He 12 exercised all the ruling authority 13 of the first beast on his behalf, 14 and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed. 13:13 He 15 performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people 16 13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told 17 those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
1 tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The prepositional phrase “since the foundation of the world” is traditionally translated as a modifier of the immediately preceding phrase in the Greek text, “the Lamb who was killed” (so also G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 168), but it is more likely that the phrase “since the foundation of the world” modifies the verb “written” (as translated above). Confirmation of this can be found in Rev 17:8 where the phrase “written in the book of life since the foundation of the world” occurs with no ambiguity.
3 tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”
4 tc Many
5 tn On ὧδε (Jwde) here, BDAG 1101 s.v. 2 states: “a ref. to a present event, object, or circumstance, in this case, at this point, on this occasion, under these circumstances…in this case moreover 1 Cor 4:2. ὧδε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν…Rv 13:18; cf. 17:9. ὧδέ ἐστιν ἡ ὑπομονή…13:10; 14:12.”
6 tn Or “perseverance.”
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
8 sn This second beast is identified in Rev 16:13 as “the false prophet.”
9 tn Grk “and it had,” a continuation of the preceding sentence. On the use of the pronoun “he” to refer to the second beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.
10 tn Or perhaps, “like a ram.” Here L&N 4.25 states, “In the one context in the NT, namely, Re 13:11, in which ἀρνίον refers literally to a sheep, it is used in a phrase referring to the horns of an ἀρνίον. In such a context the reference is undoubtedly to a ‘ram,’ that is to say, the adult male of sheep.” In spite of this most translations render the word “lamb” here to maintain the connection between this false lamb and the true Lamb of the Book of Revelation, Jesus Christ.
11 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
12 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
13 tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.
14 tn For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”
15 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
16 tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both men and women.
17 tn Grk “earth, telling.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek.
sn He told followed by an infinitive (“to make an image…”) is sufficiently ambiguous in Greek that it could be taken as “he ordered” (so NIV) or “he persuaded” (so REB).
