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Is himself also an eighth and is of the seven (kai autos ogdoos kai ek tōn hepta). This is the angel’s interpretation and it looks like a reference to Domitian as the eighth, who is regarded as one of the seven because he was considered a second Nero (Nero redivivus). For ek tōn hepta see Act 21:8. John may have used ek tōn instead of heis ek tōn to avoid absolute identity between Domitian and Nero (Beckwith).
And he goeth unto perdition (kai eis apōleian hupagei). As in Rev 17:8. “Domitian was assassinated (September 18, 96), after a terrible struggle with his murderers. The tyrant’s end was a symbol of the end to which the Beast which he personated was hastening” (Swete). Cf. Rev 19:11-21.