Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A great voice saying (fwnhn megalhn legousan). Accusative after hkousa in this phrase as in Revelation 5:11; Revelation 10:4; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 18:4, but the genitive fwnhv legoushv in Revelation 11:12; Revelation 14:13. We are not told whence this voice or song comes, possibly from one of the twenty-four elders (Swete) or some other heavenly beings (Revelation 11:15) who can sympathize with human beings (Revelation 19:10), the martyrs in heaven (Charles).
Now is come (arti egeneto). Arti (John 13:33) shows how recent the downfall of Satan here proleptically pictured as behind us in time (aorist tense egeneto).
The salvation (h swthria). Here "the victory" as in Revelation 7:10; Revelation 19:1.
The power (h dunamiv). Gods power over the dragon (cf. Revelation 7:12; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 19:1).
The kingdom (h basileia). "The empire of God" as in Revelation 11:15.
The authority of his Christ (h ecousia tou Xristou autou). Which Christ received from the Father (Matthew 28:18; John 17:2). See Revelation 11:15 (Psalms 2:2) for "his Anointed."
The accuser (o kathgwr). The regular form, kathgorov, occurs in John 8:10; Acts 23:30, Acts 23:35; Acts 25:16, Acts 25:18 and in many MSS. here in Revelation 12:10, but A reads kathgwr, which Westcott and Hort accept. It was once considered a Greek transliteration of a Hebrew word, but Deissmann (Light, etc., p. 93f.) quotes it from a vernacular magical papyrus of the fourth century AD with no sign of Jewish or Christian influence, just as diakwn appears as a vernacular form of diakonov. Only here is the word applied to Satan in the N.T. In late Judaism Satan is the accuser, and Michael the defender, of the faithful.
Of our brethren (twn adelfwn hmwn). The saints still on earth battling with Satan and his devices.
Which accuseth them (o kathgorwn autouv). Articular present active participle of kathgorew, old verb, to accuse, usually with the genitive of the person (John 5:45), but here with the accusative. This is the devil's constant occupation (Job 1:6 f.).
Day and night (hmerav kai nuktov). Genitive of time. "By day and by night."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 12:10:
Revelation 7:10
Revelation 11:12
Revelation 12:10
Revelation 12:12
Revelation 12:13
Revelation 19:1
Revelation 20:10
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