{And he deceiveth} (kai plan(8369)). Present active
(dramatic) indicative of plana(935c), the very thing that Jesus had
said would happen ( Mt 24:24 , "So as to lead astray" h(9373)te
plan(8373)thai, the word used here, if possible the very elect). It
is a constant cause for wonder, the gullibility of the public at
the hands of new charlatans who continually bob up with their
pipe-dreams. {That they should make an image to the beast}
(poi(8873)ai eikona t(9369) th(8872)i(9369)). Indirect command (this first
aorist active infinitive of poie(935c)) after leg(936e) as in  Ac
21:21 , not indirect assertion. This "image" (eik(936e), for which
word see  Mt 22:20  Col 1:15 ) of the emperor could be his head
upon a coin ( Mr 12:16 ), an _imago_ painted or woven upon a
standard, a bust in metal or stone, a statue, anything that
people could be asked to bow down before and worship. This test
the priests in the provinces pressed as it was done in Rome
itself. The phrase "the image of the beast," occurs ten times in
this book ( 13:14,15  _ter_;  14:9,11  15:2  16:2  19:20  20:4 ).
Emperor-worship is the issue and that involves worship of the
devil. {The stroke of the sword} (	(886e) pl(8867)(886e) t(8873) machair(8873)).
This language can refer to the death of Nero by his own sword.
{And lived} (kai ez(8873)en). "And he came to life" (ingressive
first aorist active indicative of za(935c)). Perhaps a reference to
Domitian as a second Nero in his persecution of Christians.