And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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Gill's Exposition
And they worshipped the dragon,.... The devil, in the idols, images, angels, and saints departed, to whom they give adoration, as did the Gentiles, whose successors they are, and whose name they bear;…
Barnes' Notes
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast - See the notes at Rev 12:3; Rev 13:2. That is, they in fact worshipped him. The word “worship” - προσκυνέω proskuneō - is not always,…
Adam Clarke
And they worshipped the dragon - Worshipping the dragon here evidently means the voluntary religious subjection of the members of the Latin Church to the revived western empire, because of the eminent…
We have here an account of the rise, figure, and progress of the first beast; and observe, 1. From what situation the apostle saw this monster. He seemed to himself to stand upon the sea-shore, though…
Cambridge Bible
which gave power Rather, because he gave his authority.
Who is like unto the beast? A sort of blasphemous parody of sayings like Exo 15:11; Psa 35:10; Psa 71:19; Psa 89:8, or of the name Michael,…
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