ACC ~ Revelation 17 v11

A RESURRECTED NERO WILL COME FROM THE EAST. VICTORINUS OF PETOVIUM: [The beast belongs to the seven], for before the reign of these kings, Nero reigned. “But it is an eighth,” since it will soon come and is reckoned to the eighth place. And since with him the consummation will occur, it adds, “and it goes to perdition.” For “ten kings have received royal power.” When [Nero] moves from the east, these will be sent by the city of Rome with their armies. He calls these “ten horns” and “ten diadems.” And Daniel also reveals this: “three of the first will be rooted up,”that is, three of these chieftains will be killed by the antichrist. And the remaining seven will give him “glory and honor and kingdom and power.” Concerning these it says, “these will hate the harlot,” speaking here of the city, “and they will devour her flesh with fire.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17.2.

THE GUIDING POWER OF ALL PERSECUTORS. OECUMENIUS: He has ranked the devil first and last as a persecutor and one of like mind with the seven. For how would this one not be ranked with the seven, when he in fact had been their guiding power? COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17.9-14.

THE EIGHTH SHARES EVIL WITH THE SEVEN KINGS. PRIMASIUS: Lest we should think him of a different kind, it adds that the one whom it calls the eighth is from the seven and goes to perdition. In this way it shows that he is of the same evil genus, and by going beyond the number seven, it indicates that he is even a worse hypocrite. As the Lord was speaking of one unclean spirit and mentions seven, he suddenly adds, “And he brings with him seven other spirits more evil than himself.” So in this passage, beginning with seven it indicates the other seven in one of the same genus, that is, in the eighth. Therefore, it says that he is from the seven and goes to perdition, in order to show that he merits the same punishment due to his singular genus. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17.11.

THE ANTICHRIST ARISES FROM ONE OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: The “beast” is the antichrist. He is the “eighth” because he arises after the seven kingdoms for the deception and devastation of the earth. He is “from the seven” because he arises from one of these. For he will not come forth from a nation other than those mentioned before, but as a king of the Romans for the defeat and destruction of those who believed in him. And after this he will go into the destruction of Gehenna. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17.11.

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