Revelation 13:3-4

The First Beast

³ One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and _v the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, _w "Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?"

1. Cross References
   Revelation 17:8
   The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
   
2. Cross References
   Revelation 18:18
   And cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, "What city was like the great city?