![]() ![]() In contrast, a few Bible teachers believe this description points to Judas Iscariot. He arises from the bottomless pit, the location of demons, which points to his power as satanic. This description connects with the description found in Revelation 13:3 of the Antichrist having had a mortal wound that was healed. This creature is said to have a known past, present, and future. The beast supports the woman, religious Babylon (Revelation 17:4–6). In this verse the angel identifies the scarlet beast (Revelation 17:3) and predicts its future. The angel who brought John into this vision plans to explain these symbols (Revelation 17:7). John has been called to see a vision (Revelation 17:1–6), leaving him amazed. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come. Revelation 17:8, CSB: The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. Revelation 17:8, NLT: The beast you saw was once alive but isn't now. And those who live on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and will come. Revelation 17:8, NASB: 'The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. Revelation 17:8, KJV: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come. ![]() Revelation 17:8, ESV: The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. Revelation 17:8 Parallel Verses Revelation 17:8, NIV: The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. ![]()
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