Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 13:4
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4. which gave —A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and ANDREAS read, " because he gave." power — Greek, " the authority " which it had; its authority. Who is like unto the beast? —The very language appropriated to God, :- (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus); Psalms 35:10 ; Psalms 71:19 ; Psalms 113:5 ; Micah 7:18 ; blasphemously ( Revelation 13:1 ; Revelation 13:5 ) assigned to the beast. It is a parody of the name "Michael" (compare Revelation 13:5- : ), meaning, "Who is like unto God?" return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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