Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Another beast (allo qhrion). Like the first beast (verse Revelation 13:1), not a eteron qhrion (a different beast).
Out of the earth (ek thv ghv). Not "out of the sea" as the first (verse Revelation 13:1), perhaps locating him in Asia Minor without world-wide scope, but plainly the agent of the first beast and so of the dragon.
He had (eixen). Imperfect active of exw. Only two horns (not ten like the first, verse Revelation 13:1).
Like unto a lamb (omoia arniw). Usual construction. Only the two horns of a young lamb and without the ferocity of the other beast, but "he spake as a dragon" (elalei wv drakwn). Gunkel and Charles confess their inability to make anything out of this item. But Swete thinks that he had the roar of a dragon with all the looks of a lamb (weakness and innocence). Cf. the wolves in sheep's clothing (Matthew 7:15).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 9:7
Revelation 9:10
Revelation 14:1
Revelation 14:9
Revelation 16:13
Revelation 19:20
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