Revelation 12:3

Revelation 12:3

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.

2 Then being with child, she cried out ^ain labor and in pain to give birth.

3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, ^aa great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.

4 ^aHis tail drew a third ^bof the stars of heaven ^cand threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood ^dbefore the woman who was ready to give birth, ^eto devour her Child as soon as it was born.

5 She bore a male Child ^awho was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was ^bcaught up to God and His throne.

6 Then ^athe woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there ^bone thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

7 And war broke out in heaven: ^aMichael and his angels fought ^bwith the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,

Commentaries:

People's Commentary (NT)

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Revelation 12:2 She being with child cried. Again we must let the Scripture explain its own meaning. "As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children" (Isaiah 66:8). The travail of Zion causeth an increase. See also Isaiah 54:1 49:20, where the same figure is used. The state of the woman therefore implies a Church in sorrow, a suffering Church, but out of whose suffering there cometh an increase of the saints. It is a period when the saints are multiplied in the midst of persecution.

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