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:

                And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars:  (See “Crown” 2:10.  See also “Stars” 1:20: “Twelve stars” = a constellation)

 Isaiah 28:5; 49:15-16; 62:3.

12:2. And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

                She was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery:

Gen. 3:16;

Isaiah 26:17-18; 66:7-13;

Jer. 4:31;

Micah 4:10; 5:2-3;

Luke 1:54-55; 2:25;

John 16:21;

Gal. 4:19;

1 Tim. 2:15;

12:3. 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.

                And another portent appeared in heaven, behold a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns

Gen. 3:1-5;

Psalm 91:13;

Isaiah 27:1;

Ezek. 29:3;

Daniel 7:7;

Revelation 12:9, 13; 13:1-2, 4, 11; 16:13; 20:2;

(Also Revelation 11:7, beast of the bottomless pit)

                And seven diadems upon his heads: (See also “Crowns” 2:10)  Revelation 19:12.   

12:4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

                His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth:

Gen. 3:1, 4, 15;

Daniel 8:10;

Revelation 8:12;

                And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth:  Mark 15:11-20.     

12:5. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.

                She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron:

Psalm 2:8-9;                                                                             Revelation 2:27; 19:15.

                But her child was caught up to God and to his throne:

Psalm 16:11; 110:1-2;

Mark 16:19;

Luke 24:50-51;

Acts 1:9-11; 7:55-56;

Rom. 8:34;

Eph. 1:20; 4:10;

Heb. 10:12;

Colossians 3:1;

1 Peter 3:22;

Revelation 3:21;

12:6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.

                And the woman fled into the wilderness:

(As Hagar did: Gen. 21:14-21; Gal. 4:28-30.)

Zech. chapter 5, especially 5-11;

Revelation 12:14; 17:3.

                Where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days:

Daniel 12:7, 11, 12;

Revelation 11:3; 12:14; 13:5.

12:7. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

                Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought:

Daniel 10:13;

Revelation 20:2;

12:8. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

                But they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven:

12:9. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

                And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world–he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him:

Gen. 3:1, 14-15;

Isaiah 27:1;

Jer. 8:17;

Luke 10:18;

John 12:31;

Eph. 2:2;

Revelation 20:2, 3, 8, 10;

12:10. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

                And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, ‘Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come:  Revelation 11:15.              

                For the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down who accuses them day and night before our God:

Job 1:9-11;

Zech. 3:1;

Rom. 8:1, 33-34.

12:11. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

                And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony:

Joel 3:21;

Rom. 16:20;

1 John 4:4; 5:4-5;

                For they loved not their lives even unto death:

Mark 8:35;

Luke 14:26;

John 12:25;

12:12. Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

                Rejoice then, O heaven, and you that dwell therein:

Psalm 96:11;

Isaiah 44:23;  49:13;

Jer. 51:48;

Eph. 1:3, 20-22; 2:6-22; 3:9-10; 6:12;

Revelation 18:20;

                But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath: 

Revelation 8:13; 11:34; 15:1-7

                Because he knows that his time is short:

  Revelation 10:6.

12:13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child].

                And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had borne the male child:

 Revelation 12:3-5.

12:14: And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

                But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness:

Exod. 19:4;

Song of Sol. 3:6; 8:5;

Zech. 5:5-11;

Revelation 17:3;

                To the place where she is to be nourished for a time, times and half a time:

Daniel 7:25; 12:7;

Micah 4:10;

Revelation 12:6, (1,260 days); 13:5, (42 months);

12:15. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

                The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, (Blasphemies?)

                To sweep her away with the flood:

Psalm 18:4; 24:2; 32:6; 90:5;

Daniel 9:26; 11:22;

Amos 8:8; 9:5;

Nahum 1:8;

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.

                But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth:

 Isaiah 43:2; 59:19.

12:17. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

                Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war

Revelation 11:7.   

                On the rest of her offspring:

Gen. 3:5; =”seed of the woman”

Remnant:

2 Kings:19:30-31;

2 Chron. 30:6-9;

Ezra 3:8; 9:8, 14-15;

Neh. 1:3;

Isaiah 1:9; 11:11, 16; 37:31-32; 46:3;

Jer. 6:9; 23:3; 31:7;

Ezek. 6:8; 11:13-21; 14:22;

Joel 2:32;

Micah 2:12; 4:7; 5:3, 7-8; 7:18;

Zeph. 8:6, 12;

Rom. 9:27; 11:5-7;

Revelation 11:13; 19:21;

                On those who keep the commandments of God:

Num. 15:40;

Deut. 6:25; 8:27-8;

Psalm 103:17-18; 112:1;

1 John 2:4; 3:24;

2 John 6;

Revelation 14:12; 22:14;