Revelation 13:3

“And I saw one of his heads, etc.] Not the Capitoline mountain, or the Capitol, the temple of Jupiter, built on that hill, which was burnt by lightning in the times of Titus, and magnificently rebuilt by Domitian, which was a thing past, and of no such moment as to be taken notice of here; nor anyone of the Roman emperors particularly, as Julius Caesar, at whose death the empire received a wound, upon its first erection in him, but was healed by the settlement of Augustus in it; nor Nero, at whose death the family of the Caesars ceased, when the empire was threatened with ruin in the following reigns, but was restored and reestablished in Vespasian, for these were before the times of John:…”

“One of--literally, "from among." wounded . . . healed--twice again repeated emphatically (Rev 13:12, Rev 13:14); compare Rev 17:8, Rev 17:11, "the beast that was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit" (compare Rev 13:11); the Germanic empire, the seventh head (revived in the eighth), as yet future in John's time (Rev 17:10). Contrast the change whereby Nebuchadnezzar, being humbled from his self-deifying pride, was converted from his beast-like form and character to MAN'S form and true position towards God; symbolized by his eagle wings being plucked, and himself made to stand upon his feet as a man (Dan 7:4). Here, on the contrary, the beast's head is not changed into a…”

“And I saw one of his heads, as it were wounded to death - The phrase “wounded to death” means properly that it received a mortal wound, that is, the wound would have been mortal if it had not been healed. A blow was struck that would be naturally fatal, but there was something that prevented the fatal result. John does not say, however, by whom the wound was inflicted, nor does he describe further the nature of the wound. He says that “one of the heads” - that is, one of the seven heads - was thus wounded. In Revelation 17:9, he says that “the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth.” In Revelation 17:10, he says, “there are seven kings.” And this would lead us to suppose…”

“13:3 Satan often imitates God. Here the beast mimics the death and resurrection of Jesus. • That one of the heads had been fatally wounded but was healed has led to its identification with Nero. A tradition emerged that the emperor Nero (AD 54–68) was so evil that he either did not really die or would be reincarnated as another tyrant like Domitian (AD 81–96). In 17:9-10, the beast’s seven heads are linked both to seven hills (Rome) and to seven kings.”

“one: Rev 13:1, Rev 13:2, Rev 13:14, Rev 17:10 wounded: Gr. slain and his: Eze 30:24 all: Rev 17:6, Rev 17:8, Rev 17:13, Rev 17:17; Luk 2:1; Joh 12:19; Act 8:10, Act 8:11, Act 8:13; Th2 2:9-12 Revelation 13:4”