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Revelation 14:11

The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 14:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever. Compare the wording of the passages quoted above on , especially , , "The smoke thereof shall go up forever."

This statement of the eternity of punishment is also in agreement with and . And they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

"No rest," in contrast with the blessed rest of the saints (). Wordsworth says, " οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὸ θηρίον is a stronger expression than 'those who worship the beast;' it means those whose distinguishing characteristic is that they are worshipping the beast, and persist in worshipping him, even to the end.

This characteristic is so strongly marked that they are here represented as keeping it even after their death." (On the "mark," see on .

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