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Revelation 12:9
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 12:9. _THAT OLD SERPENT_] The rabbins speak much of this _being_, sometimes under the notion of הרע יצר yetser hara, _the evil_ _principle_, and sometimes _Samael_. _HE WAS CAST OUT...
AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT - See the notes on Revelation 12:3. That there may be an allusion in the language here to what actually occurred in some far distant period of the past, when Satan wa...
REVELATION 12. THE VISION OF THE WOMAN, THE CHILD, AND THE DRAGON. This chapter has always presented difficulties to the student of Revelation. Two questions present themselves: (_a)_ What is the conn...
WAR IN HEAVEN. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she bath. place prepared of God, that they should feed her there. thousand two hundred and three score days. And there was war in heaven: M...
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAST (Revelation 12:1-17) It is necessary to read this chapter as a whole before we examine it in detail. A great sign appeared in the sky--a woman clothed with the sun, and with t...
CAST OUT. cast down, as Revelation 12:10. THAT. the OLD. ancient. SERPENT. See Revelation 20:2.Genesis 3:1, and App-19. DEVIL. Literally slanderer. See...
_cast out_ "Out" is not expressed the sense is rather "cast down." _that old serpent_ Genesis 3:1. This is the only place in canonical Scripture (see, however, Wis 2:24) where we are told that the Te...
Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET...
THE WAR IN HEAVEN Here it is possible that a part of the vision of the Seven Trumpets has been transposed into the vision of the Woman and the Dragon, for it certainly seems as if the coming down of t...
Ὁ ΜΈΓΑΣ Ὁ ὌΦΙΣ. א 1 Primas[412] read ὁ μέγας ὄφις. [412] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ἘΒΛΉΘΗΣΑΝ. Hieron[413] and several cursives omit. [413] St Jerome. 9. ἘΒΛΉΘΗ. “Was cast down,” rather tha...
_WAR IN HEAVEN REVELATION 12:7-12:_ Michael and his angels fought against the Devil and his angels. The Devil had once been in heaven in the presence of God. (Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-13) Now there is joy...
ΈΒΛΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, ΌΦΙΣ (G3789) змея, змей (DDD, 140412). ΑΡΧΑΊΟΣ (G744) старый, древний, ΚΑΛΟΫ́ΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, ΠΛΑΝΏΝ _praes. ac...
AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN, &C.— It might reasonably be presumed, that all the powers of idolatry would be strenuously exerted against the establishment of Christianity, and especially against the es...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ PART III THE TWO SIGNS IN HEAVEN CHAPTER XII _Text (Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:1-17)_ 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in h...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 36 Text Revelation 12:7-12 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8 and they prevai...
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 SE...
__ Temple Section-The Male Son the same historical events from two sides, Kings from the human, Chronicles from the divine, so this section reviews the period which has already been presented in its r...
12:9 Satan, (d-17) Lit. 'the Satan' ('adversary'). see Job 1:6 ....
THE WOMAN AND THE MAN-CHILD. THE DRAGON The persecution which the Church had already suffered, and which was about to burst forth again, is the great fact which underlies the whole 'Revelation.' The s...
OUT] RV 'down.' SERPENT] cp. Genesis 3:1. SATAN] i.e. 'adversary' (Heb.), or 'devil' (_diabolos_, Gk.): cp. Job 1:6; Psalms 109:6; Zechariah 3
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 WAR IN HEAVEN AND ON THE EARTH - REVELATION 12:1-14 THE WOMAN AND THE *DRAGON - REVELATION 12:1-6...
AND THE GREAT DRAGON... — Better, _And he was thrown down, the great dragon, the ancient serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan: he who deceives the whole world was thrown to the earth, and hi...
CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST GREAT ENEMY OF THE CHURCH. Revelation 12:1. THE twelfth chapter of the Revelation of St John has been felt by every commentator to be one more than usually difficult to interpr...
Δράκων and ὄφις are in the LXX interchangeable terms for the leviathan or sea-monster of mythology, who is here defined as _the old serpent_ (a rabbinical expression, _cf._ Gfrörer, i. 386 389); so Ti...
SATAN CAST DOWN FROM HEAVEN Revelation 12:7 The spirit of evil waits to destroy each birth of good in our world. As soon as Mary had given birth to our Lord, Herod sought to destroy Him, and this is...
In this and two subsequent Chapter s we have an interpolation in the account of the actual procedure. Two signs are described, a woman and a dragon, between whom is antagonism. Symbolically, it covers...
If the details of this vision are chronological, then the devil stormed heaven after the great defeat he suffered at Christ's resurrection. Michael, the archangel, called in Judges 1:9, and his angels...
(7) And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (8) And prevailed not; neither was their place found anymore in heaven. (9) And...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:1-17 War A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. --Richard M. Nixon The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants,...
Chapter 12 gives us a brief but all-important summary of the whole course of events, viewed, not in their instruments on earth or the judgment of these, but the divine view of all the principles at wo...
AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT,.... From heaven, or from power and authority in the Roman empire, namely, the devil, where he had long presided; it is observable that Constantine himself speaks of...
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. Ver. 9. _Was...
_And there was war in heaven_, &c. It might reasonably be presumed that all the powers of idolatry would be strenuously exerted against the establishment of Christianity, and especially against the es...
WAS CAST OUT; truth and its friends prevailed, and idolatry was overthrown. WAS CAST OUT INTO THE EARTH; excluded from his former position of power and office. The dragon in heaven is thought by many...
A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN: ISRAEL A great sign now appears in heaven. We thus are looking at things from heaven's viewpoint, and the vision goes back in time to connect the past with the future so...
_ 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him._ A. This verse ma...
7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. Th...
AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT; the dragon mentioned REVELATION 12:3, which typified the pagan emperors. In casting them out, THE DEVIL who influenced them, was cast out, who is here called the OLD...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I They set forth, indeed, the name of Christ Jesus as a sort of lure, but in various ways they introduce the impieties of Simon; and thus they destroy multitudes, wicke...
Revelation 12:9 So G2532 great G3173 dragon G1404 out G906 (G5681) serpent G3789 old G744 called G2564 ...
‘And the great monster was cast down, the old Serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was cast down to the earth and his angels were cast down with him.' As...
Revelation 12:7-9. With the words of Revelation 12:7 the second scene of the chapter opens, and the transition from the ideal to the actual begins. As the first scene, too, corresponded to the first p...
The third Woe, or the seventh Trumpet, came to an end with chap. 11; and, as the seven Trumpets followed immediately after the seven Seals, we might now have expected that these, in their turn, would...
WAS CAST DOWN (εβληθη). Effective first aorist passive indicative of βαλλω, cast down for good and all, a glorious consummation. This vision of final victory over Satan is given by Jesus in Luke 10:...
WORLD (Greek, "oikoumenē", means "inhabited earth"). (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 2:1). _ ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Revelation 12:1. _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 is that woman of whom the pr...
CONTENTS: The woman clothed with the sun (Israel). Satan drawing the stars. The man-child (Christ) caught up to the throne. The arch-angel and his angels fighting Satan. Satan and Israel in the great...
Revelation 12:1. _There appeared a great wonder in heaven;_ that is, in the church or kingdom of heaven below; for the church has long been called a woman, and a fruitful mother, the bride, and the La...
_There was war in heaven._ WAR IN HEAVEN I. The character of the war of rebel angels in heaven. 1. Wilful. They brought it on themselves. 2. Irreconcilable. (1) On the part of God. (2) This war i...
_The great dragon._ ., that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan. THE FOES OF GOD AND OF HIS CHURCH I. Our For Is A Personal One (Revelation 12:9). II. He Is An Old One. “The devil sinneth from...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 12:8 The victory of Michael and the holy angels over the DRAGON and his allies may symbolize Jesus’ triumph on the cross (compare...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 12:1 Two signs appear in heaven—a WOMAN who gives BIRTH, and a DRAGON intent on destroying her offspring. Twice John sees the dragon defeated. B
There was war in heaven and the Devil and his angels were cast out. And a voice said: "Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our...
THE MISSION OF CHRIST’S CHURCH AND ITS GREAT HINDERER _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “IN the set of visions now before us, the Apocalypse unveils the spiritual aspects of the conflict, that we may k...
EXPOSITION This chapter commences another series of revelations. Again St. John returns to the beginning, and traces the spiritual history of the Church and the Christian in their warfare with Satan....
_9 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__._ This pa...
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head [the sun and the moon under her feet, and on her head] a crown of twelve stars...
1 Chronicles 21:1; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 5:19; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Timothy 2:
The great dragon [ο δ ρ α κ ω ν ο μ ε γ α ς]. Lit., the dragon, the great (dragon). That old serpent [ο ο φ ι ς ο α ρ χ α ι ο ς]. Lit., the serpent, the old (serpent). For this habitual construction i...
THE WAR IN HEAVEN Revelation 12:1 _and Revelation 13:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS It almost seems folly to try to speak on two Chapter s in Revelation, at one time. We realize we cannot do either one justi...
And the great dragon was cast out — It is not yet said, unto the earth — He was cast out of heaven; and at this the inhabitants of heaven rejoice. He is termed the great dragon, as appearing here in t...