“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon - the earth-beast is the false prophet, with lamb-like appearance (imitating Christ) but dragon-like speech (speaking lies). The two horns suggest religious authority and deceptive claims to gentleness.
Church Fathers on Revelation 13:11
“And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth.” He is speaking of the great and false prophet who is to do signs, and portents, and falsehoods before him in the presence of men. “And he had two horns like a lamb — that is, the appearance within of a man — and he spoke like a dragon.” But the devil speaks full of malice; for he shall do these things in the presence of men, so that even the dead appear to rise again.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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