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 {They worshipped the dragon} (prosekun(8873)an t(9369) drakonti).
First aorist active indicative of proskune(935c), with dative case
drakonti (from drak(936e)). They really worshipped Satan (the
dragon) when "they worshipped the beast" (prosekun(8873)an t(9369)
th(8872)i(9369)) or any one of the heads (like Caligula, Nero, Domitian)
of the beast. The beast is merely the tool of the devil for
worship. Recall the fact that the devil even proposed that Jesus
worship him. Emperor-worship, like all idolatry, was
devil-worship. The same thing is true today about self-worship
(humanism or any other form of it). {Who is like unto the beast?}
(	is homoios t(9369) th(8872)i(9369);). Associative-instrumental case after
homoios. An echo, perhaps parody, of like language about God in
 Ex 15:11  Ps 35:10  113:5 . "The worship of such a monster as
Nero was indeed a travesty of the worship of God" (Swete). {And
who is able to war with him?} (kai tis dunatai polem(8873)ai met'
autou;). Worship of the devil and the devil's agent is justified
purely on the ground of brute force. It is the doctrine of
Nietzsche that might makes right.

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