NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C.
Verse Revelation 12:13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth] When the heathen party saw that they were no longer supported by the civil power: -
He persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.] The heathens persecuted the Christian Church in the behalf of which Divine Providence had raised up a dynasty of Christian Roman emperors.
AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH - That is, when Satan saw that he was doomed to discomfiture and overthrow, as if he had been cast out of heaven; when he saw that his efforts m...
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...
THE CONFLICT ON EARTH. "And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of. great eagle, that...
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...
SAW. App-133. EAST. east down, Revelation 12:9. MAN CHILD. male. See Revelation 12:5....
The Deliverance of the Woman, Revelation 12:13-17 13. _he persecuted the woman_ The reference is probably in the first instance to the Roman persecution of the Jews, in and after the wars of Titus and...
THE DELIVERANCE OF THE WOMAN...
Ὁ ΔΡΆΚΩΝ ὍΤΙ ἘΒΛΉΘΗ. אc reads ὅτι ἐβλήθη ὁ δράκων. This may be compared with the omission of the whole clause ὅτι ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν γῆν in Hippol. _Antichr_. 60. ἌΡΣΕΝΑ. A reads ἄρσεναν. 13. ἘΔΊΩΞΕΝ ΤῊΝ...
_WAR ON THE EARTH REVELATION 12:13-17:_ The war on earth had to do with the persecution of the church by man and the protection of the church by God. God's people were given strength--two wings of the...
ΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΈΔΊΩΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377) охотиться, преследовать, гнать. Израилю предстоит пережить ужасные гонения в период страданий, ΈΤΕΚΕΝ _aor. i...
AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW, &C.— When the dragon was thus deposed from the imperial throne, and _cast unto the earth,_ he still continued to persecute the church with equal malice, though not with equal...
_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 37 Text Revelation 12:13-17(18) 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child. 14 And there were g...
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:...
__ 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...
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...
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 WHEN THE DRAGON... — The wrath of the defeated dragon is manifested in persecution of the woman. The present verse explains the reason of the flight into the wilderness mentioned in Revelation 12:...
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...
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...
Since he could not defeat Christ on earth or in heaven, Satan naturally turns his attentions to the righteous who brought Him forth....
And when (17) the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child]. (17) The third part: a history of the woman delivered, consisting of two part...
(13) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (14) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly...
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 WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH,.... When the devil perceived he had not the power in the Roman empire he formerly had; and that his influence was only over the common and mean...
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man _child_. Ver. 13. _He persecuted the woman_] As the matter of his calamity. The devil infi...
_And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth:_ &c. When the dragon was thus deposed from the imperial throne, and _cast unto the earth_, (Revelation 12:13,) he still continued to persecute...
The dragon's hatred for the woman:...
AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH, HE PERSECUTED THE WOMAN WHICH BROUGHT FORTH THE MAN CHILD....
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...
_13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child._ A. The dragon sees that he has lost his spiritual battle. Since he tried ove...
12-17 The church and all her friends might well be called to praise God for deliverance from pagan persecution, though other troubles awaited her. The wilderness is a desolate place, and full of serp...
AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH; when the devil saw that he could not uphold his kingdom by paganism, nor further execute his malice by pagan emperors, but was wholly routed an...
Revelation 12:13 Now G2532 when G3753 dragon G1404 saw G1492 (G5627) that G3754 cast G906 (G5681) to...
‘And when the monster saw that he was cast down to the earth he persecuted the woman who brought forth the male child, and there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she migh...
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...
Revelation 12:13-14. From what has been said it will be evident that with the 13th verse there is no reverting to the point which we had reached at Revelation 12:6. On the contrary, another step is ta...
HE PERSECUTED (εδιωξεν). First aorist active participle of διωκω, to pursue, to chase, hostile pursuit here as in Matthew 5:10; Matthew 10:23, etc. John now, after the "voice" in Revelation 12:10-13...
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...
HE BEGAN TO PURSUE THE WOMAN. Revelation 12:13-17 form the third "picture." The central idea is that the Devil will now direct his fury against the messianic community....
_Now is come salvation._ THE HEAVENLY SONG OF VICTORY This is a song of heaven--of that heaven from which the dragon had been cast out. I. The salvation. It is “the salvation” that is here sung of--...
_Therefore rejoice, ye heavens._ THE DEFEATIBILITY OF THE DEVIL I. Mighty as is the master-fiend of evil, he is not proof against defeats. “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.” 1. Here is a defeat impli...
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
"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man-child." Since he could not destroy the omnipotent Son of God he persecutes the church to sh...
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....
_13 AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH, HE PERSECUTED THE WOMAN WHICH BROUGHT FORTH THE MAN CHILD._ The woman as we saw is Israel and the man child Israel produced is the Messia...
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...
Genesis 3:15; John 16:33; Psalms 37:12; Revelation 12:4; Revelat
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 when the dragon saw — That be could no longer accuse the saints in heaven, he turned his wrath to do all possible mischief on earth. He persecuted the woman — The ancient persecutions of the churc...
Observe here, The incessant and restless malice of Satan and his instruments against the church; neither his fore-mentioned disappointment, his present foil and downfall, nor his fear of future destru...