If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.† Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Revelation 13:10 in context
Revelation 13:7–13
7
It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.
8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
9
If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
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If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.† Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
11
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
12
He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
13
He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- TR reads “If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a sword.” instead of “If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.”
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