Some time ago a man named Theudas appeared and made great claims about himself. He got about 400 people to support him, but he was killed, his followers were scattered, and it all came to nothing.
For quite a while a man named Simon had lived in that city and practiced evil magic there. This had amazed all the people of Samaria. He was claiming to be someone great,
The name written on her forehead was a mystery. Here’s what it said. the great city of babylon the mother of prostitutes the mother of everything on earth that god hates
These people follow their own evil desires. They grumble and complain about others, but they brag about themselves and praise others to get what they want.
The people in Jerusalem who were considered to be important didn’t add anything to my message. (And it didn’t matter to me who they were anyway. God doesn’t see some people as more important than others.)
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a bright red beast that was covered with names that said insulting things about God. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.