Revelation 12
12
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
1A great sign # Or great symbolic display ; see Rv 12:3 appeared in heaven: # Mt 24:30 a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. # Gn 37:9-10 2She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth. # Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; Jr 22:23 3Then another sign # Or another symbolic display appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon # Rv 13:2,4,11; 20:2 having seven heads and 10 horns, # Dn 7:7,20,24; Rv 13:1; 17:3-18 and on his heads were seven diadems. # Or crowns 4His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. # Dn 8:10; Rv 8:7,12 And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child. # Mt 2:16 5But she gave birth to a Son — a male who is going to shepherd # Or rule all nations with an iron scepter # Ps 2:7-9; Rv 2:27; 19:15 — and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. 6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, # Ex 16:4; 1Kg 19:3-8; Hs 2:14 to be fed there # Lit God, that they might feed her there for 1,260 days. # Dt 1:31; 2:7; Dn 12:11; Rv 11:2-3; 12:14; 13:5
The Dragon Thrown Out of Heaven
7Then war broke out in heaven: Michael # Dn 10:13,21; 12:1; Jd 9 and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, 8but he could not prevail, # 1Sa 2:9; Ps 21:11; Jr 20:11 and there was no place for them in heaven any longer. # Jb 2:1 9So the great dragon was thrown out — the ancient serpent, # Gn 3:1 who is called the Devil # In Gk, diabolos means slanderer. and Satan, # In Hb, Satan means adversary. # Lk 10:18; Rm 16:20; Rv 2:9; 3:9; 20:2,7 the one who deceives the whole world. # Rv 13:14; 20:3,8,10 He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him. # Mt 25:41; Lk 10:18; Jn 12:31
10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of His Messiah
have now come, # Rv 11:17; 19:1
because the accuser # Jb 1:6-12; 2:1-5; Zch 3:1; Rm 8:33-34 of our brothers
has been thrown out:
the one who accuses them
before our God day and night.
11They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb # 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9; 7:14
and by the word of their testimony, # Rv 6:9
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death. # Lk 14:26; Jn 12:25; Heb 11:32-37; Rv 2:10
12Therefore rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them! # Is 49:13; Ps 96:11
Woe to the earth and the sea,
for the Devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows he has a short time.
The Woman Persecuted
13When the dragon saw that he had been thrown to earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, # Ex 19:4; Dt 32:10-11; Is 40:31 so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time. # This expression, occurring in Dn 7:25; 12:7, = 3 1/2 years or 42 months (Rv 11:2; 13:5) or 1,260 days (Rv 11:3). # Dn 7:25; 12:7; Rv 11:2; 13:5 15From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent. 16But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 17So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war # Rv 11:7; 13:7 against the rest of her offspring # Or seed # Gn 3:15 — those who keep God’s commands # 1Co 7:19 and have the testimony about Jesus. # Rv 1:2,9; 19:10; 20:4 18He # Other mss read I. “He” is apparently a reference to the dragon. stood on the sand of the sea. # Some translations put Rv 12:18 either in Rv 12:17 or Rv 13:1.
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Revelation 12
12
The Woman and the Dragon
1A great sign appeared in heaven. It was a woman wearing the sun like clothes. The moon was under her feet. On her head she wore a crown of 12 stars. 2She was pregnant. She cried out in pain because she was about to have a baby. 3Then another sign appeared in heaven. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On its seven heads it wore seven crowns. 4The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born. 5She gave birth to a son. He “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” (Psalm 2:9) And her child was taken up to God and to his throne. 6The woman escaped into the desert where God had a place prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7Then a war began in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back. 8But the dragon wasn’t strong enough. Both he and his angels lost their place in heaven. 9The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.
10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said,
“Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come.
The authority of his Messiah has come.
Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters,
has been thrown down.
He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.
11They had victory over him
by the blood the Lamb spilled for them.
They had victory over him
by speaking the truth about Jesus to others.
They were willing to risk their lives,
even if it led to death.
12So be joyful, you heavens!
Be glad, all you who live there!
But how terrible it will be for the earth and the sea!
The devil has come down to you.
He is very angry.
He knows his time is short.”
13The dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth. So he chased the woman who had given birth to the boy. 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. She was given these wings so that she could fly away. She could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years. She would be out of the serpent’s reach. 15Then out of his mouth the serpent spit water like a river. He wanted to catch the woman and sweep her away in the flood. 16But the earth helped the woman. It opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spit out. 17The dragon was very angry with the woman. He went off to make war against the rest of her children. They obey God’s commands. And they hold firmly to the truth they have said about Jesus.
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