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 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
2 And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.
3 And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
4 And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son.
5 And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into solitude, where a place was being held ready by God, so that they might pasture her in that place for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
7 And there was a great battle in heaven. Michael and his Angels were battling with the dragon, and the dragon was fighting, and so were his angels.
8 But they did not prevail, and a place for them was no longer found in heaven.
9 And he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world. And he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying: "Now have arrived salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of his testimony. And they loved not their own lives, even unto death.
12 Because of this, rejoice, O heavens, and all who dwell within it. Woe to the earth and to the sea! For the devil has descended to you, holding great anger, knowing that he has little time."
13 And after the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who brought forth the male child.
14 And the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly away, into the desert, to her place, where she is being nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent sent out from his mouth, after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.
16 But the earth assisted the woman. And the earth opened her mouth and absorbed the river, which the dragon sent out from his mouth.
17 And the dragon was angry at the woman. And so he went away to do battle with the remainder of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ.
18 And he stood upon the sand of the sea.
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