Revelation 13:11

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Cross-reference

Revelation 13:1 introduced the first beast from the sea; now Rev 13:11 describes a second beast from the earth, completing the pair.

In Revelation 13:14, the beast's signs deceive people into making an image — directly continuing the narrative here.

Revelation 12:17 Historical context

Revelation 12:17 shows the dragon preparing for war — the earth beast emerges as the instrument of that war through deception.

Revelation 12:3 introduces the red dragon — the earth beast speaks like this dragon, revealing its source of authority and deception.

In Revelation 19:20, this beast (the false prophet) is captured and cast into the lake of fire — its final judgment.

In Revelation 16:13, the false prophet (this beast) is one source of unclean spirits gathering kings for battle.

In Revelation 14:9, the warning against worshipping the beast and its image directly responds to the false prophet's deception here.

Daniel 7:25 Parallel

Daniel 7:25 shows the little horn speaking against God and persecuting saints, mirroring the second beast's dragon-like speech and deception.

Matthew 7:15 warns of false prophets in sheep's clothing — the lamb-like beast with a dragon's voice is this deception on a global scale.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 shows Satan's servants disguising as righteous — the lamb-like beast is the ultimate false prophet, appearing harmless but serving the dragon.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 reveals the man of lawlessness—closely paralleling this beast as a deceptive end-times figure.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 describes the lawless one's counterfeit signs—directly matching the great signs performed by this beast.

Exodus 7:11 Typology

Exodus 7:11 shows Egyptian magicians performing counterfeit signs, a type of the second beast's deceptive miracles.

Daniel 8:23 Typology

Daniel 8:23 foretells a cunning king who understands riddles—prefiguring the deceptive, lamb-like beast speaking like a dragon here.

Daniel 8:12 Parallel

Daniel 8:12 describes the little horn throwing truth down—paralleling the deceptive work of this beast that speaks like a dragon.

Daniel 7:8 Parallel

Daniel 7:20 describes a horn speaking arrogantly against God — the earth beast's dragon-speech echoes this blasphemous pattern of self-exaltation.

Ezekiel 29:3 describes Pharaoh as a dragon claiming self-creation, prefiguring the second beast who speaks with the dragon's voice to deceive.