Dual Panel1THEN, as I stood on the sand of the seashore, there rose out of the sea before my eyes an animal with seven heads and ten horns. There were diadems upon its horns and blasphemous names upon its heads.
2The animal which I saw had the appearance of a leopard, though it had the feet of a bear and a mouth like the mouth of a lion. Then the dragon gave it his own power and throne and great authority.
3One of its heads appeared to have been wounded to death but the mortal wound had healed. The whole earth followed the animal with wonder,
4and they worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the animal. Then they worshipped the animal, too, saying, "Who is like the animal? Who could make war against it?"
5It was allowed to speak monstrous blasphemies and to exert its authority for fortytwo months.
6So it poured out blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwellingplace and those who live in Heaven.
7Moreover, it was permitted to make war upon the saints and to conquer them; the authority given to it extended over every tribe and people and language and nation.
8All the inhabitants of the earth will worship itall those whose names have not been written in the book of life which belongs to the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9Let the listener hear this:
10If any man is destined for captivity he will go into captivity. If any man kills with the sword be must himself be killed with the sword. Amid all this stands the endurance and faith of the saints.
11Then I saw another animal rising out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb but it spoke in the voice of a dragon.
12It uses the full authority of the first animal in its presence. It compels the earth and all its inhabitants to worship the first animalthe one with the mortal wound which had healed.
13It performs great signs: before man's eyes it makes fire fall down from heaven to earth.
14It deceives the inhabitants of the earth by the signs which it is allowed to perform in the presence of the animal, and it them to make a statue in honour of the animal which received the swordthrust and yet survived.
15Further, it was allowed to give the breath of life to the statue of the animal so that the statue could speak and condemn to death all those who do not worship its statue.
16Then it compels all, small and great, rich and poor, free men and slaves, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads.
17The purpose of this is that no one should he able to buy or sell unless he bears the mark of the name of the animal or the number of its name.
18Understanding is needed here: let every thinking man calculate the number of the animal. It is the number of a man, and its number is six hundred and sixtysix.