Revelation 13:14
ContextNETBible | and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told 1 those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. |
XREF | 2Ki 20:7; 2Ki 22:20; Job 12:16; Isa 44:20; Eze 8:10; Eze 14:9; Eze 16:17; Da 11:36; 2Th 2:4; 2Th 2:9-12; Re 12:9; Re 13:3,8; Re 13:3,4,11,12,15; Re 14:9,11; Re 15:2; Re 16:2; Re 18:23; Re 19:20; Re 20:3,10; Re 20:4 |
NET © Notes |
1 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). |