Revelation 17:8 References
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"aThe beast that you saw bwas, and is not, and is about to ccome up out of the dabyss and ego to destruction. And fthose who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.
b Revelation 13:3, Revelation 13:12, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 17:11
Revelation 13
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I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth bwas amazed and followed after the beast;
Revelation 13
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He aexercises all the authority of the first beast bin his presence. And he makes cthe earth and those who dwell in it to dworship the first beast, whose efatal wound was healed.
Revelation 13
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And he adeceives bthose who dwell on the earth because of cthe signs which it was given him to perform din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the ewound of the sword and has come to life.