{For blasphemies} (eis blasph(886d)ias). "For the purpose of
blasphemies." {Against God} (pros ton theon). "Face to face
with God" in sheer defiance, like Milton's picture of Satan in
_Paradise Lost_. See  Da 7:25  8:10 . The aorist (886e)oixen is
probably constative, for he repeated the blasphemies, though the
phrase (anoig(935c) to stoma, to open the mouth) is normally
ingressive of the beginning of an utterance ( Mt 5:2  Ac 8:35 ).
This verse explains verse  5 . The Roman emperors blasphemously
assumed divine names in public documents. They directed their
blasphemy against heaven itself ("his tabernacle," 	(886e) sk(886e)(886e)
autou,  7:15  12:12  21:3 ) and against "them that dwell in the
heaven" (	ous en t(9369) ouran(9369) sk(886e)ountas), the same phrase of
 12:12  (either angels or the redeemed or both).