Apocalipse 13:15

15 Foi-lhe concedido também dar fôlego � imagem da besta, para que a imagem da besta falasse, e fizesse que fossem mortos todos os que não adorassem a imagem da besta.

Apocalipse 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 13:15

And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast,
&c.] Or "breath"; he breathed into it, and animated it; he gave this new religion a sanction, he confirmed and established it, and obliged all in his dominions to embrace and acknowledge it; and this he did by his decrees and canons, and those that refused were delivered over to the secular power, which he also exercised under another consideration:

that the image of the beast should both speak:
so that it was not like Nebuchadnezzar's golden image that he set up, which required another to speak for it and demand adoration to it; and should seem to be preferable to the dumb idols of the Gentiles, which have mouths, but speak not; and may be understood either of the images of the virgin Mary, and other saints, which it is pretended, and the people are made to believe, that they do at times actually speak, and really weep and laugh, as it may serve their different purposes; or this image may be said to speak by the decrees, canons, anathemas, curses, threatenings, persuasions, doctrines, and blasphemies of the pope and his clergy; so that this image is like both the first and second beast; it has a mouth speaking blasphemies, as the first, and it speaks like a dragon, as the second;

and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed:
which, according to the generality of copies, refers to the image itself, that that has a power from the beast as to speak, so to put to death those that refuse to worship it; but the Complutensian edition reads (kai poiei) , "and causes": that is, the beast causes, or orders all those that will not worship the image, to be killed; that is, that as many as will not embrace and profess the Popish religion shall be put to death; and these are the known orders and decrees of the Papacy, which have been executed by the Inquisition, and other hands, in innumerable instances; the blood of all the saints and prophets is found in Rome Papal, and will be avenged; these are the martyrs of Jesus, with whose blood the whore on the scarlet coloured beast has been made drunk; and this sense is confirmed by the eastern versions.

Apocalipse 13:15 In-Context

13 E operava grandes sinais, de maneira que fazia até descer fogo do céu � terra, � vista dos homens;

14 e, por meio dos sinais que lhe foi permitido fazer na presença da besta, enganava os que habitavam sobre a terra e lhes dizia que fizessem uma imagem � besta que recebera a ferida da espada e vivia.

15 Foi-lhe concedido também dar fôlego � imagem da besta, para que a imagem da besta falasse, e fizesse que fossem mortos todos os que não adorassem a imagem da besta.

16 E fez que a todos, pequenos e grandes, ricos e pobres, livres e escravos, lhes fosse posto um sinal na mão direita, ou na fronte,

17 para que ninguém pudesse comprar ou vender, senão aquele que tivesse o sinal, ou o nome da besta, ou o número do seu nome.