REVELATION 13:10

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.”

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Revelation 13:10 Translation & Meaning

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He τις Some or any person or object He
that εἴ If, whether, that, etc that
leadeth into συνάγει, To lead together, i.e., collect or convene; specially, to entertain (hospitably) leadeth
captivity αἰχμαλωσίαν Captivity captivity
shall go ὑπάγει· To lead (oneself) under, i.e., withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively go
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
captivity: αἰχμαλωσίαν Captivity captivity
he τις Some or any person or object he
that εἴ If, whether, that, etc that
killeth ἀποκτενει, To kill outright; figuratively, to destroy killeth
with ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc with
the sword μαχαίρᾳ A knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment sword
must δεῖ Also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding) must
be αὐτὸν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons be
killed ἀποκτανθῆναι. To kill outright; figuratively, to destroy killed
with ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc with
the sword. μαχαίρᾳ A knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment sword
Here Ὧδέ In this same spot, i.e., here or hither Here
is ἐστιν He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are is
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
patience ὑπομονὴ Cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy patience
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
faith of πίστις Persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself faith
the τῶν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
saints. ἁγίων Sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated) saints

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  • 8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • 9  If any man have an ear, let him hear.

  • 10  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

  • 11  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

  • 12  And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.




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