And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
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Bede
AD 735
blasphemies towards: For he does not blaspheme with open mouth, until three years and a half, but in the mystery of iniquity, which, when a difference is made, and the man of sin is revealed, will be disclosed. And then he will say, "I am Christ;" whereas now it is, "Lo, here is Christ," or, "Lo there." Again, "towards God" signifies "against God." <a
