Rev 13:1-7 | Abbott

Revelation of John 13:1-7

This description seems intended simply to denote that in the form of the monster were combined all the marks and characteristics of savage ferocity.—The dragon; Satan.

Wondered after the beast; worshipped and honored him.

They worshipped the dragon; that is, in effect, they worshipped Satan, by serving and honoring the power which Satan had raised.

Forty and two months; the same mystical period of three years and a half again recurring.

And it was given unto him; he was permitted. The beast described in this and the preceding verses, has been considered by some commentators as a personification of enmity to the cause of Christ in general; and by others as representing particularly the power of pagan Rome.