Revelation 12:18

REVELATION 12:18 kai. evsta,qh {B} Instead of kai. evsta,qh, which is well supported by î47 a A C about 25 minuscules (including 1854 2344) and itgig, ar vg syrh arm eth _al,_ the Textus Receptus, following P 046 051 most minuscules syrph copsa, bo _al_, reads Kai. evsta,qhn (preceded by a full stop). The latter reading appears to have arisen when copyists accommodated evsta,qh to the first person of the following ei=don....

ΈΣΤΆΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΆΜΜΟΣ (G285) песок, берег (моря). ΘΆΛΑΣΣΑ (G2281) море....

And he stood upon the sand of the sea; [1] i.e. the dragon seemed to be at a stand, to rest a while, not being able to raise any more persecutions. Now as to the time that these things should come to pass, many by seven heads and ten horns understand many powerful wicked kings, who should persecute the good, especially about antichrist's time, when the faithful at different times should be oppressed, and forced to fly as it were into the wilderness to worship God in private. And when the end of the world seems to draw near, the devil with greater malice will persecute God's servants, his time being short. Others apply these predictions to the particular persecutions in the Church by the Jews, and by the heathen emperors in the first three Christian ages [centuries] before Constantine's time, when idolatry was destroyed, when the face of the Church was changed, and when she became victori...