Treasury of Scripture
it was.
Revelation 13:5,7 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months...
Daniel 5:18-22 O you king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor...
Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and see another, like a leopard, which had on the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads...
John 19:11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above...
they should not. That is, should not kill them as a political body, state, or empire; and accordingly, however they desolated the Greek and Latin churches, they could not extirpate them, nor gain possession of the empire.
Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them...
Job 2:6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life.
they should be.
Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
five. Five prophetical months, each consisting of
30 days, and each day denoting a year, amount to
150 years; and accordingly, from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture A.D.
612, the building of Bagdad, when they ceased from their ravages, A.D.
763, are just
150 years.
and their. See on ver.
Revelation 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts on the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.