And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: This episode (Revelation 12:1; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 15:1) details the persecution of Israel and the elect by the beast, summar... [ Continue Reading ]
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. PAINED - `tormented' [ basanizomenee (G928)]. DeBurgh explains this, the bringing in of the first-begotten into the world AGAIN, when Israel shall at last welcome Him, and 'the man-child shall rule all nations with... [ Continue Reading ]
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. APPEARED - `was seen.' WONDER - `sign.' RED. So A 'Aleph ('), Vulgate [ purros (G4450)]; but B C, Coptic [ puros (G4442)], 'of fire.' The colour impli... [ Continue Reading ]
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. DREW - present, 'drags down.' His dragging down the stars with his tail (lashed back and... [ Continue Reading ]
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. MAN-CHILD - `a son, a male.' Compare notes, Revelation 12:1. RULE, [ poimainein (G4165)] - 'tend as a shepherd' (note, Revelation 2:27). ROD OF IRON - fo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. WOMAN FLED. Mary's flight with Jesus into Egypt is a type. WHERE SHE HATH. So C, Vulgate; but 'Aleph (') A B add, 'there.' A PLACE - tha... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, In Job 1:1; Job 2:1, Satan presents himself among the sons of God, before God in heaven, as accuser of the saints; again, in Zechariah 3:1. But at Christ's coming as our Redeemer,... [ Continue Reading ]
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. PREVAILED NOT. So 'Aleph (') B C, Vulgate; but A, Coptic, read, 'He prevailed not.' NEITHER. 'Aleph (') A B C read, 'not even' [ oude (G3761)]: a climax. Not only did they not prevail, but not even their place was found anymo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. THAT OLD SERPENT - (Genesis 3:1; Genesis 3:4.) As destroyer, he is a "roaring lion:" as deceiver, a "serpent.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. NOW. Now that Satan is cast out of heaven. Primarily at Jesus' re... [ Continue Reading ]
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. THEY - in particular; emphatic, 'they alone.' OVERCAME - (Romans 8:33; Romans 8:37; Romans 16:20.) HIM - (1 John 2:14.) It is the same victory over Satan and the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. THEREFORE - because Satan is cast out of heaven (Revelation 12:9). DWELL - `tab... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. Resuming from the thread of discourse, interrupted by the episode, Revelation 12:7 (the ground in the invisible world of the corresponding conflict between light and darkness on ear... [ Continue Reading ]
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. WERE GIVEN - by God's appointment, not human chances (Acts 9:11). TWO - `the two wings of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. FLOOD - `river,' (cf. ; ; especially Exodus 14:1.) The flood is the Germanic tribes which, pouring on Rome, threatened Christianity. But the earth helped the woman, by... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE EARTH HELPED THE WOMAN, AND THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH, AND SWALLOWED UP THE FLOOD WHICH THE DRAGON CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. WROTH WITH - `at.' WENT - `away.' THE REMNANT OF HER SEED - distinct in some sense from the woman. Satan's first effort was t... [ Continue Reading ]