Revelation 13:11

Translations

Modern

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

Traditional

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Literal

And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking like a dragon.

Latin

Et vidi aliam bestiam ascendentem de terra, et habebat cornua duo similia Agni, et loquebatur sicut draco.

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English

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

Notes

Revelation 13:11

The beast appears as a lamb, the same symbol used for Christ (see Revelation 5:6–13; 7:9–17; 14:1–4), but this lamb spoke like a dragon. This image represents a false messiah.
The two horns might symbolize two emperors, possibly Nero and Domitian.

Revelation 13:11–18

another beast: This second beast, the third member of the evil trinity (see study note on Revelation 12:18–13:18), is later called the false prophet (16:13). As a high priest of false religion, he leads the world to worship the first beast and the dragon (see also 16:13–14).

Revelation 12:18–13:18

John shows that the dragon carries out his war (Revelation 12:17) through two beasts. Together with Satan, these three form an evil trinity, meaning three evil beings acting together as one group.

Revelation 12:1–14:20

The people of God are pictured as a woman who gives birth to the Messiah. Even though the devil has already been defeated, he continues to attack her and her children (Revelation 12:1–17). With his two followers, the beast and the false prophet, Satan tries to keep controlling the world (Revelation 13:1–18) before the final battle with the Lord (14:1–20).

Theme notes and profiles

The Antichrist The Purpose of the Judgments Visions

Related verses

Daniel 7:8
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Revelation 17:6
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Revelation 16:13
And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
Revelation 12:3–4
Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
Daniel 7:24–25
And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
Revelation 13:17
…so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Revelation 11:7
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Revelation 12:17–13:1
And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

Glossary

Antichrist Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of Revelation Dragon False Prophets Horn Lucifer Mark of God, Mark of the Beast Persecution Prophets, False

Topics

Horn: Symbolical Jesus, the Christ: Names, Appellations, and Titles of: Lamb Vision of John on the Island of Patmos: The Beast Coming out of the Earth

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