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When they shall have finished (hotan telesōsin). Merely the first aorist active subjunctive of teleō with hotan in an indefinite temporal clause with no futurum exactum (future perfect), “whenever they finish.”
The beast (to thērion). “The wild beast comes out of the abyss” of Rev 9:1. He reappears in Rev 13:1; Rev 17:8. In Dan 7:3 thēria occurs. Nothing less than antichrist will satisfy the picture here. Some see the abomination of Dan 7:7; Mat 24:15. Some see Nero redivivus.
He shall make war with them (poiēsei met' autōn polemon). This same phrase occurs in Rev 12:17 about the dragon’s attack on the woman. It is more the picture of single combat (Rev 2:16).
He shall overcome them (nikēsei autous). Future active of nikaō. The victory of the beast over the two witnesses is certain, as in Dan 7:21.
And kill them (kai apoktenei). Future active of apokteinō. Without attempting to apply this prophecy to specific individuals or times, one can agree with these words of Swete: “But his words cover in effect all the martyrdoms and massacres of history in which brute force has seemed to triumph over truth and righteousness.”