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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:16

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; swallowed up the river (Revised Version). "The earth" frequently, but not invariably, in the Revelation signifies "the wicked." It is doubtful, therefore, how far the figure here employed should be pressed. What is certain is that the writer intends to express the idea that the Church is preserved in a wonderful and even miraculous way from the efforts of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:16

Nature serving Christliness. "The earth helped the woman." By common consent "the woman" here means redeemed humanity, or the children of God collectively, or, in other words, what is called the Church. 1 . Her appearance is wonderful. "Clothed with the sun." 2 . Her progeny is wonderful. "She brought forth a man child." 3 . Her antagonist is wonderful. The devil is the great enemy of redeemed humanity, and the description given of him indicates that he is a being of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:17

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed; waxed wroth … went away to make, etc. (Revised Version). Having failed to prevent the mission of' the man child—Christ Jesus—and having been foiled in his attempts to overwhelm the Church of God, Satan proceeds to attack the individual members of the Church—the seed of the woman. The method by which he endeavours to do this is related in the following chapters. Wordsworth points out an analogy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman - The earth seemed to sympathize with the woman in her persecutions, and to interpose to save her. The meaning is, that a state of things would exist in regard to the church thus driven into obscurity, which would be well represented by what is here said to occur. It was cut off from human aid. It was still in danger; still persecuted. In this state it was nourished from some unseen source. It was enabled to avoid the direct attacks of the enemy, and when he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 12:17

And the dragon was wroth with the woman - This wrath had been vented by his persecuting her Revelation 12:13; by his pursuing her; and by his pouring out the flood of water to sweep her away Revelation 12:15; and the same wrath was now vented against her children. As he could not reach and destroy the woman herself, he turned his indignation against all who were allied to her. Stripped of the imagery, the meaning is, that as he could not destroy the church as such, he vented his malice against... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 12:13-17

Revelation 12:13-17. 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 church with equal malice, though not with equal power. He made several attempts to restore the pagan idolatry in the reign of Constantine, and afterward in the reign of Julian; he traduced and abused the Christian religion by such writers as Hierocles, Libanius, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:1-17

12:1-14:20 PICTURES OF CONFLICT AND TRIUMPHThe woman, the child and the dragon (12:1-17)In this vision the woman who gives birth to a son seems to symbolize Israel who produced the Messiah, Jesus. But it is the true Israel, the true people of God, who are pictured here. The faithful of old Israel were those who began the Christian church, and in the church there is no distinction on the basis of nationality. All Christians are now God’s people (12:1-2).Then appears a dragon (identified in verse... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 12:16

opened, &c. See Numbers 16:30 . swallowed up. Greek. katapino. Occurs seven times in N.T. See 1 Corinthians 15:54 . Compare Isaiah 59:19 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 12:17

went = went away, as in John 11:46 . remnant. App-124 . seed. Believers, Jew and Gentile, who are seen Revelation 7:9 . and have = holding. Jesus. App-98 . Christ. The texts omit. They add here the first clause of Revelation 13:1 , altering to "he stood". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.Earth helped the woman ... swallowed up the river ... There are two different interpretations of this:(1) Beasley-Murray illustrated this with Judges 5:20, where it is said that, "The stars in their courses fought against Sisera," also citing the case of the waters of the Red Sea withdrawing and enabling Israel to escape from Pharaoh.[86] Barclay also took a very... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 12:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 12:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 12:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 12:13-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 12:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 12:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 12:16

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