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Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:2

12:2 And {3} she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.(3) For this is the barren woman who had not given birth; Isaiah 45:1, Galatians 4:27 . She cried out with good cause, and was tormented at that time, when in the judgment of all she seemed near to death, about to die because of her weakness and poverty. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:3

12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; {4} and behold a great red dragon, having {5} seven heads and ten {6} horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.(4) That is the devil or Satan, see Revelation 12:9 , mighty, angry and full of wrath.(5) By this to withstand those seven churches spoken of, that is, the catholic church, and that with kingly objects and tyrannical magnificence: signified by the crowns set on his heads, as if they belonged to him by the proper right, without... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:4

12:4 (7) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon (8) stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for {9} to devour her child as soon as it was born.(7) After the description of Satan follows this action, that is, his battle with the Church partly to that which is visible, in which the wheat is mingled with the chaff, and the good fish with that which is evil: its good part, though in appearance it shined as the stars... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 12:1-17

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 that we may have a clearer view of connected events. The woman (v. 1) is manifestly Israel of whom the Man-child (Christ) is born. "Clothed with the sun" intimates God's counsels as to her when in the Millennium she is clothed with the glory of "The Sun of Righteousness," the blessed Christ of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:1-17

THE SEVEN PERSONAGES INTRODUCTION: THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON (Revelation 12:0 ) The seven personages of this division as identified by Erdman, include the woman, the child, the dragon, the archangel, the remnant (of Israel), the ten-horned beast, and the two-horned beast or false prophet, the first four being found in this chapter. The woman represents Israel it is believed, and the man-child to whom she gave birth, the Messiah. The dragon is Satan, whose ten horns represent the 10 kingdoms... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 12:1-6

(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: (2) And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (3) And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (4) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:2

With child, &c., to signify that the Church, even in the time of persecutions, brought forth children to Christ. (Witham) --- It likewise signifies the difficulties which obstructed the first propagation of Christianity. (Pastorini) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:3

Another wonder in heaven; that is, in the Church of Christ, though revealed to St. John, in the visions, as if they were seen in heaven. --- A great red dragon ; a fiery dragon, with seven heads and ten horns ; i.e. many heads and many horns. By the dragon is generally understood the devil, (see ver. 7 and 9) and by the heads and horns, kings and princes, who act under him, persecuting the servants of God. (Witham) --- Dragon, &c. the devil; and by the seven heads and ten horns, are... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:4

His tail drew the third part of the stars: a great part of mankind. This is spoken with an allusion to the fall of Lucifer from heaven, with the rebellious angels, driven from thence by St. Michael. (Witham) --- According to Pastorini, the passage refers to the angels whom Lucifer drew after him by sin to the earth. Menochius interprets it of those bishops and eminent persons who fell under the weight of persecution, and apostatized. --- And the dragon stood before the woman, &c. The devil... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 12:1-6

1-6 The church, under the emblem of a woman, the mother of believers, was seen by the apostle in vision, in heaven. She was clothed with the sun, justified, sanctified, and shining by union with Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. The moon was under her feet; she was superior to the reflected and feebler light of the revelation made by Moses. Having on her head a crown of twelve stars; the doctrine of the gospel, preached by the twelve apostles, is a crown of glory to all true believers. As in... read more

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:2

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:3

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 12:4

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 12:1-17

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:1-17

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 12:1-6

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:2

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:3

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 12:4

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 12:1-6

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