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); Ps 35:10; 71:19; 113:5; Mic 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?"