1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a womane[Ps. 104:2] clothed withf[Song 6:10] the sun, withf[Song 6:10] the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant andg[Isa. 66:7-10; Mic. 4:10] was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a greath[ch. 17:3; Isa. 27:1] red dragon,ich. 13:1; 17:9, 12 with seven heads andjDan. 7:7 ten horns, and on his headsk[ch. 19:12] seven diadems. 4 His tail swept downlSee ch. 8:7 a third of the stars of heaven andmDan. 8:10 cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her childn[Matt. 2:16] he might devour it. 5 She gave birth to a male child,oMatt. 2:6; See ch. 2:27 one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child waspSee 2 Cor. 12:2 caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished forqch. 11:2; 13:5 1,260 days.
7 Now war arose in heaven,rSee Jude 9 Michael andsSee Matt. 25:41 his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 AndtLuke 10:18; John 12:31 the great dragon was thrown down,uch. 20:2; Gen. 3:1 that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan,vch. 20:3, 10; [ch. 13:14; John 8:44] the deceiver of the whole world—wSee ch. 9:1 he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Nowxch. 7:10; 19:1 the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,yJob 1:9; 2:5; Zech. 3:1 who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 Andzch. 15:2; [Rom. 16:20]; See John 16:33 they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, foraLuke 14:26; John 12:25 they loved not their livesbch. 2:10 even unto death. 12 Therefore,cch. 18:20; Ps. 96:11; Isa. 44:23; 49:13 rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! Butdch. 8:13 woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, becausee[Matt. 8:29]; See ch. 10:6 he knows that his time is short! ”
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursuedfver. 5 the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was given the twogSee Ex. 19:4 wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpenthver. 6 into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourishediDan. 7:25; 12:7; See ver. 6 for a time, and times, and half a time. 15 The serpent poured waterj[Isa. 59:19] like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went offkch. 11:7; 13:7 to make war on the rest oflGen. 3:15 her offspring,mch. 14:12; See 1 John 2:3 on those who keep the commandments of God and hold tonch. 1:2; 6:9; 19:10 the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.