And I stoodupon the sand of the sea, and saw a beastrise up out of the sea, havingsevenheads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
And the beastwhich I saw was likeunto a leopard, and his feetwere as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragongave him his power, and his seat, and greatauthority.
And theyworshipped the dragonwhichgavepowerunto the beast: and theyworshipped the beast, saying, Who is likeunto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
He thatleadethintocaptivityshall go intocaptivity: he thatkillethwith the swordmust be killedwith the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
And he exerciseth all the power of the firstbeastbefore him, and causeth the earth and themwhichdwelltherein to worship the firstbeast, whosedeadlywound was healed.
And deceiveththemthatdwell on the earth by the means of thosemiracleswhich he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to themthatdwell on the earth, thattheyshouldmake an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
And he had power to givelifeunto the image of the beast, that the image of the beastshouldbothspeak, and causethat as many as would not worship the image of the beastshould be killed.
Here is wisdom. Let him thathathunderstandingcount the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundredthreescore and six.