My question is about the Biblical use of the phrase to deceive with a specific focus on: Rev 13:14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence ofd the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet liv...

John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God, and the Word was [a] god. He was with God in the beginning. "In the beginning" (ἐν ἀρχῇ) of John 1:1-2 correlates with "In the beginning" of the Genesis 1:1 narrative, starting with Day 1. Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there...