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Coming out of (ek alone, no participle erchomena).
Of the dragon (tou drakontos). That is Satan (Rev 12:3, Rev 12:9).
Of the beast (tou thēriou). The first beast (Rev 13:1, Rev 13:12) and then just the beast (Rev 13:14.; Rev 14:9, Rev 14:11; Rev 15:2; Rev 16:2, Rev 16:10), the brute force of the World-power represented by the Roman Empire” (Swete).
Of the false prophet (tou pseudoprophētou). Cf. Mat 7:15; Act 13:6; 1Jo 2:22; 1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 1:7. Identified with the second beast (Rev 13:11-14) in Rev 19:20; Rev 20:10. So the sixth bowl introduces the dragon and his two subalterns of chapters Rev 12; 13 (the two beasts).
Three unclean spirits (pneumata tria akatharta). Out of the mouths of each of the three evil powers (the dragon and the two beasts) comes an evil spirit. See the use of mouth in Rev 1:16 (Rev 9:17.; Rev 11:5; Rev 12:15; Rev 19:15, Rev 19:21) as a chief seat of influence. In 2Th 2:8 we have “the breath of his mouth” (the other sense of pneuma). For akatharton (unclean) with pneuma see Mar 1:23.; Mar 3:11; Mar 5:2.; Act 5:16; Act 8:7. Christ expelled unclean spirits, but His enemies send them forth” (Swete). See Zec 13:2 “the false prophets and the unclean spirits.”
As it were frogs (hōs batrachoi). Cf. Exo 8:5; Lev 11:10. Old word, here alone in N.T. Like loathsome frogs in form.