{Coming out of} (ek alone, no participle erchomena).
{Of the dragon} ( ou drakontos). That is Satan ( 12:3,9 ). {Of
the beast} ( ou th(8872)iou). The first beast ( 13:1,12 ) and then
just the beast ( 13:14ff. 14:9,11 15:2 16:2,10 ), the brute
force of the World-power represented by the Roman Empire"
(Swete). {Of the false prophet} ( ou pseudoproph(8874)ou). Cf. Mt
7:15 Ac 13:6 1Jo 2:22 4:3 2Jo 1:7 . Identified with the
second beast ( 13:11-14 ) in 19:20 20:10 . So the sixth bowl
introduces the dragon and his two subalterns of chapters Re 12 13 (the two beasts). {Three unclean spirits} (pneumata tria
akatharta). Out of the mouths of each of the three evil powers
(the dragon and the two beasts) comes an evil spirit. See the use
of mouth in 1:16 ( 9:17f. 11:5 12:15 19:15,21 ) as a chief
seat of influence. In 2Th 2:8 we have "the breath of his mouth"
(the other sense of pneuma). For akatharton (unclean) with
pneuma see Mr 1:23f. 3:11 5:2ff. Ac 5:16 8:7 . Christ
expelled unclean spirits, but His enemies send them forth"
(Swete). See Zec 13:2 "the false prophets and the unclean
spirits." {As it were frogs} (h(9373) batrachoi). Cf. Ex 8:5 Le
11:10ff . Old word, here alone in N.T. Like loathsome frogs in
form.
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