Bible Strands
Revelation 13:6
And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The beast speaks during its granted period of authority, directing its speech against God, His name, and the heavenly tabernacle.
The words — βλασφημίας (blasphēmias) identifies the specific slanderous speech the beast utters, while ἤνοιξεν (ēnoixen) notes that the beast's mouth was actively opened to produce these words.
The thread — The beast's verbal attack on the divine dwelling parallels Matthew 15:19, which lists slander as an output of the heart, and contrasts with Hebrews 9:24, where Christ enters the true heavenly sanctuary.
Why it lands — The text records the beast's explicit claims against God's reputation and heavenly dwelling before noting the beast's subsequent war on the saints. It requires the reader to observe that the beast's speech targets divine authority while remaining under God's permitted timeline.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Cross-references
- Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
- Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- Hebrews 9:11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Revelation 4:1 After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
- Revelation 4:4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
- Revelation 5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”