Rev 13:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. which gave-- A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Andreas read, "because he gave." power-- Greek, "the authority" which it had; its authority. Who is like unto the beast?-- The very language appropriated to God, (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus); ; ; ; ; blasphemously ( , ) assigned to the beast. It is a parody of the name "Michael" (compare ), meaning, "Who is like unto God?"

‏ Revelation of John 13:4

4. which gave--A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Andreas read, "because he gave."

power--Greek, "the authority" which it had; its authority.

Who is like unto the beast?--The very language appropriated to God, Ex 15:11 (whence, in the Hebrew, the Maccabees took their name; the opponents of the Old Testament Antichrist, Antiochus); Psa 35:10; 71:19; 113:5; Mi 7:18; blasphemously (Re 13:1, 5) assigned to the beast. It is a parody of the name "Michael" (compare Re 12:7), meaning, "Who is like unto God?"