Apocalipsis 13:17

17 y que ninguno pueda comprar o vender, sino el que tiene la marca, o el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre

Apocalipsis 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 13:17

And that no man might buy or sell
Either in an ecclesiastical sense, as to, be in any church office, or perform any such service, to say Mass, hear confession, give absolution, sell pardons and indulgences or in a civil sense, as to trade, and exercise merchandise, and this was forbidden by several Popish councils and synods; the Lateran council, under Pope Alexander, decreed against the Waldenses and Albigenses, that no one should presume to retain or encourage them in their houses or countries, or "trade" with them; and the synod of Tours in France forbid any reception of heretics, or protection, and that any communion should be had with them "in buying and selling", as Mr. Mede has observed; and it was ordered by a bull of Pope Martin the Fifth, that no contract should be made with such, and that they should not follow any business and merchandise:

save he that had the mark;
took the oath to be true to the pope, or made a public profession of the Popish religion:

or the name of the beast;
Papists, so called from the pope; thus the antichristians are called from antichrist, as the Christians from Christ:

or the number of his name;
which is either the same with the number of the beast in ( Revelation 13:18 ) , or is something distinct it; and those who have it may be such persons who neither have the indelible character of the Romish clergy, nor are open professors of the Popish religion, but are in heart inclined to it, and privately and secretly promote it, by their doctrines and practices; and so are numbered, reckoned, esteemed, and accounted of by the Papists, and receive favours from them; or rather such who openly "furnish the drink offering" in the Mass, mixed with wine and water, (ynml) , "for that number", ( Isaiah 65:11 ) .

Apocalipsis 13:17 In-Context

15 Y le fue dado que diera espíritu a la imagen de la bestia, para que la imagen de la bestia hable; y hará que los que no adoren la imagen de la bestia sean muertos

16 Y hacía a todos, a los pequeños y grandes, ricos y pobres, libres y siervos, tomar la marca en su mano derecha, o en sus frentes

17 y que ninguno pueda comprar o vender, sino el que tiene la marca, o el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre

18 Aquí hay sabiduría. El que tiene entendimiento, cuente el número de la bestia; porque el número es de hombre, y el número de él es seiscientos sesenta y seis