“The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Revelation 17 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.