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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Revelation 13:5

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Revelation13:5

5. blasphemies--So Andreas reads. B reads "blasphemy." A, "blasphemous things" (compare Da 7:8; 11:25).

power--"authority"; legitimate power (Greek, "exousia").

to continue--Greek, "poiesai," "to act," or "work." B reads, "to make war" (compare Re 13:4). But A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Andreas omit "war."

forty ... two month--(See on Re 11:2, 3; Re 12:6).

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