Revelation 17

8 The beast that you saw *ver. 11;[ch. 1:4;13:3] was, and is not, and *ch. 11:7is about to rise from *See ch. 9:1the bottomless pit*17:8 Greek the abyss and *ch. 13:10go to destruction. And *See ch. 3:10the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in *See ch. 3:5the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because *ver. 11;[ch. 1:4;13:3] it was and is not and is to come.