Rev 13:6 | RWP | e4.org | For blasphemies ( εις βλασφημιας ). "For the purpose of blasphemies." Against God ( προς τον θεον ). "Face to face with God" in sheer defiance, like Milton's picture of Satan in Paradise Lost . See ; . The aorist ηνοιξεν is probably constative, for he repeated the blasphemies, though the phrase ( ανοιγω to stoma, to open the mouth) is normally ingressive of the beginning of an utterance ( ; ). This verse explains verse . The Roman emperors blasphemously assumed divine names in public documents. They directed their blasphemy against heaven itself ("his tabernacle," την σκηνην αυτου , ; ; ) and against "them that dwell in the heaven" ( τους εν τω ουρανω σκηνουντας ), the same phrase of (either angels or the redeemed or both).

‏ Revelation of John 13:6

For blasphemies ( εις βλασφημιας ). "For the purpose of blasphemies."

Against God ( προς τον θεον ). "Face to face with God" in sheer defiance, like Milton's picture of Satan in Paradise Lost. See Da 7:25; 8:10. The aorist ηνοιξεν is probably constative, for he repeated the blasphemies, though the phrase ( ανοιγω to stoma, to open the mouth) is normally ingressive of the beginning of an utterance (Mt 5:2; Ac 8:35). This verse explains verse 5. The Roman emperors blasphemously assumed divine names in public documents. They directed their blasphemy against heaven itself ("his tabernacle," την σκηνην αυτου, 7:15; 12:12; 21:3) and against "them that dwell in the heaven" ( τους εν τω ουρανω σκηνουντας ), the same phrase of 12:12 (either angels or the redeemed or both).