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6. opened . . . mouth--The usual formula in the case
of a set speech, or series of speeches.
Re 13:6, 7
expand
Re 13:5.
blasphemy--So B and ANDREAS. A and C read
"blasphemies."
and them--So Vulgate, Coptic,
ANDREAS, and PRIMASIUS read.
A and C omit "and": "them that dwell (literally, 'tabernacle') in
heaven," mean not only angels and the departed souls of the righteous,
but believers on earth who have their citizenship in heaven, and whose
true life is hidden from the Antichristian persecutor in the secret
of God's tabernacle. See on
Re 12:12;
Joh 3:7.
JFB.
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