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Darby's translation notes (1890)

Revelation 19:20

19:20 received (a-26) I do not say 'had received' here, because then the deceiving would come after the receiving, which is not the sense. worship (b-35) Or 'do homage to.' As ch. 3.9.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _ The beast, &c. Antichrist is taken alive. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THE BEAST WAS TAKEN PRISONER. See what happens to the beast and the false prophet and those who follow them....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    _20  AND THE BEAST WAS TAKEN, AND WITH HIM THE FALSE PROPHET THAT WROUGHT MIRACLES BEFORE HIM, WITH WHICH HE DECEIVED THEM THAT HAD RECEIVED THE MARK OF THE BEAST, AND THEM THAT WORSHIPPED HIS IMAGE....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 2:8; Daniel 11:45; Daniel 2:40; Daniel 7:11;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Was taken [ε π ι α σ θ η]. See on Acts 3:7. Mark. See on ch. Revelation 13:16. Lake [λ ι μ ν η ν]. See on Luke 5:1. Brimstone. See on ch. Revel

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The false prophet, who had wrought the miracles before him — And therefore shared in his punishment; these two ungodly men were cast alive — Without undergoing bodily death. Into the lake of fire — An...

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