Revelation 12
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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
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1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2She was with child. She cried out in pain, labouring to give birth.
3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 4His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. 5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. 6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand and two hundred and sixty days.
7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. 8They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more in heaven. 9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. 11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death. 12Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”
13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 16The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth. 17The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring,#12:17 or, seed who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.
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