:TEXT: "·And [the right] was given to it to make war with the saints and overcome them. And authority was given it" : S 046 051 1margin 94 1006 1611 1854 2344 most Maj lat vg syr(ph,h) cop(north) : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: "·And authority was given it" : p47 A C P 1text 2053 some Maj(A) cop(south) : ASVn RSVn NEBnCOMMENTS: Since both sentences begin with exactly the same words "and there was given to it," it is likely that the first sentence was accidently omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from the beginning of the first sentence to the beginning of the second sentence. Revelation 13:10 :TEXT: "if anyone [is] to be killed with the sword, he [is] to be killed with the sword." : A : NIV TEV RANK: CNOTES: "if anyone shall kill with the sword, he has to be killed with the sword." : S C P 046 051 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj(A,B,C) lat vg syr cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV : "if anyone [is] with the sword, he has to be killed." : Maj(K) : Since the saying involves a Hebrew idiom regarding endurance and the will of God which was hard for copyists to understand, many of them modified it to a law of retribution perhaps modeled after Matthew 26:52. Despite the apparent overwhelming evidence listed above supporting the reading in the notes, in actuality that evidence supports eight different variations which have the same general idea, and have thus been included together here.