7. finished their testimony —The same verb is used of Paul's ending his ministry by a violent death. the beast that ascended out of the bottomless pit — Greek, "the wild beast . . . the abyss." This beast was not mentioned before, yet he is introduced as " the beast," because he had already been described by Daniel ( Daniel 7:3 ; Daniel 7:11 ), and he is fully so in the subsequent part of the Apocalypse, namely, Revelation 13:1 ; Revelation 17:8 . Thus, John at once appropriates the Old Testament prophecies; and also, viewing his whole subject at a glance, mentions as familiar things (though not yet so to the reader) objects to be described hereafter by himself. It is a proof of the unity that pervades all Scripture. make war against them —alluding to Daniel 7:21 , where the same is said of the little horn that sprang up among the ten horns on the fourth beast. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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