Also, this beast is described as exerting his authority for "forty-two months," or three-and-a-half years, a prophetic counterfeit of Christ's literal three-and-a-half-year ministry, based on the day-for-year principle.
Njengesisebenzisa igunya laso " izinyanga ezingamashumi amane nambili, " noma iminyaka emithathu nenxenye, isiprofetho mbumbulu sokufanisa iminyaka emithathu nenxenye yokusebenza kukaKristu, uma usebenzisa isimiso sosuku wunyaka.