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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Revelation 13:8 - 13:8
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all that dwell upon the earth - being of earth earthy; in contrast to “them that dwell in heaven.”
whose names are not written - A, B, C, Syriac, Coptic, and Andreas read singular, “(every one) whose (Greek, ‘hou’; but B, Greek, ‘hon,’ plural) name is not written.”
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world - The Greek order of words favors this translation. He was slain in the Father’s eternal counsels: compare 1Pe 1:19, 1Pe 1:20, virtually parallel. The other way of connecting the words is, “Written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb slain.” So in Rev 17:8. The elect. The former is in the Greek more obvious and simple. “Whatsoever virtue was in the sacrifices, did operate through Messiah’s death alone. As He was “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” so all atonements ever made were only effectual by His blood” [Bishop Pearson, Exposition of the Creed].