{To make war with the saints and to overcome them} (poi(8873)ai
polemon meta t(936e) hagi(936e) kai nik(8873)ai autous). This clause with
two epexegetical first aorist active infinitives (polem(8873)ai and

ik(8873)ai) is omitted in A C P, but probably by homoeoteleuton
(like ending) because of the repetition of edoth(885c). The words
seem to come from  Da 7:21,23 . There was no escape from the
beast's rule in the Mediterranean world. See  5:9  for the
phrases here used, there for praise to the Lamb.