Apocalipsis 13:1-7

1 La bestia que sale del mar
Después vi a una bestia que subía del mar. Tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos, y una corona en cada cuerno; y escrito en cada cabeza había nombres que blasfemaban a Dios.

2 Esta bestia se parecía a un leopardo, ¡pero tenía las patas de un oso y la boca de un león! Y el dragón le dio a la bestia su propio poder y trono y gran autoridad.

3 Vi que una de las cabezas de la bestia parecía estar herida de muerte, ¡pero la herida mortal sanó! Todo el mundo se maravilló de este milagro y dio lealtad a la bestia.

4 Adoraron al dragón por haberle dado semejante poder a la bestia y también adoraron a la bestia. «¿Quién es tan grande como la bestia? —exclamaban—, ¿quién puede luchar contra ella?».

5 A la bestia se le permitió decir grandes blasfemias contra Dios, y se le dio autoridad para hacer todo lo que quisiera durante cuarenta y dos meses.

6 Y abrió la boca con terribles blasfemias contra Dios, maldiciendo su nombre y su habitación, es decir a los que habitan en el cielo.

7 Además se le permitió a la bestia hacer guerra contra el pueblo santo de Dios y conquistarlo; y se le dio autoridad para gobernar sobre todo pueblo y toda tribu, lengua y nación.

Apocalipsis 13:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 13

This chapter contains a description of the Romish antichrist, under the figure of two beasts, the one representing him in his civil power, the other in his ecclesiastical power. The first beast is described by its origin, the sea, and by the monstrous shape its several parts; its heads seven, in which were the name of blasphemy; its horns ten, on which were crowns; its skin like a leopard, its feet as a bear, and its mouth as a lion; and by its state and condition, having power, a throne, and great authority; and having one of its heads wounded, and healed; and by the great regard had unto him, being wondered at, and worshipped by all the world, and declared to be more powerful than any, and none to be like them, Re 13:1-4. Next an account is given of what he was suffered to have, a blaspheming mouth, and power to continue forty two months, Re 13:5; and of what he said or uttered, his blasphemy against God, his name, tabernacle, and the inhabitants of heaven, Re 13:6; and of what he did by permission, made war with the saints, overcame them, and had power over all people, Re 13:7; and of the worship given him by the reprobate part of the world, Re 13:8; and the whole is concluded with an exhortation exciting attention to what had been said, with a threatening to the beast, and a word of comfort to the saints, Re 13:9,10. And then follows the description of the second beast, by its original the earth; by its likeness to a lamb, and a dragon; to the former for its two horns, and to the latter for its speech, Re 13:11; and by the actions ascribed to it, which are many; as exercising all the power of the first beast; causing all the inhabitants of the earth to worship that; doing miracles, of which one is mentioned, thereby deceiving the men of the world; ordering them to make an image to the wounded beast; giving life to it, so that it could speak; putting to death all that refused to worship it; obliging men of all ranks and degrees to have a mark in their right hands or foreheads, and forbidding such that had not to buy or sell, Re 13:12-17. And the chapter is concluded with an epiphonema, exciting men of understanding to search out, and count the number of the beast's name, since it is possible to be done, being the number of a man, and easy to be done, consisting of three Greek letters, c x v, which are numerically 666, Re 13:18.