5. blasphemies—So Andreas reads. B reads "blasphemy." A, "blasphemous things" (compare Da 7:8; 11:25).
power—"authority"; legitimate power (Greek, "exousia").
to continue—Greek, "poiesai," "to act," or "work." B reads, "to make war" (compare Re 13:4). But A, C, Vulgate, Syriac, and Andreas omit "war."
forty … two month—(See on Re 11:2, 3; Re 12:6).