12:1 Then 1 a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. 2 12:2 She 3 was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling 4 to give birth. 12:3 Then 5 another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. 6 12:4 Now 7 the dragon’s 8 tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then 9 the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 12:5 So 10 the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, 11 who is going to rule 12 over all the nations 13 with an iron rod. 14 Her 15 child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, 12:6 and she 16 fled into the wilderness 17 where a place had been prepared for her 18 by God, so she could be taken care of 19 for 1,260 days.
12:13 Now 20 when the dragon realized 21 that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 12:14 But 22 the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, 23 to the place God 24 prepared for her, where she is taken care of – away from the presence of the serpent – for a time, times, and half a time. 25 12:15 Then 26 the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to 27 sweep her away by a flood, 12:16 but 28 the earth came to her rescue; 29 the ground opened up 30 and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 12:17 So 31 the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, 32 those who keep 33 God’s commandments and hold to 34 the testimony about Jesus. 35 (12:18) And the dragon 36 stood 37 on the sand 38 of the seashore. 39
12:1 Then 40 a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. 41 12:2 She 42 was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling 43 to give birth. 12:3 Then 44 another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. 45 12:4 Now 46 the dragon’s 47 tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then 48 the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 12:5 So 49 the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, 50 who is going to rule 51 over all the nations 52 with an iron rod. 53 Her 54 child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, 12:6 and she 55 fled into the wilderness 56 where a place had been prepared for her 57 by God, so she could be taken care of 58 for 1,260 days.
12:7 Then 59 war broke out in heaven: Michael 60 and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
12:1 Then 61 a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. 62 12:2 She 63 was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling 64 to give birth. 12:3 Then 65 another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. 66 12:4 Now 67 the dragon’s 68 tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then 69 the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 12:5 So 70 the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, 71 who is going to rule 72 over all the nations 73 with an iron rod. 74 Her 75 child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, 12:6 and she 76 fled into the wilderness 77 where a place had been prepared for her 78 by God, so she could be taken care of 79 for 1,260 days.
12:7 Then 80 war broke out in heaven: Michael 81 and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 12:8 But 82 the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, 83 so there was no longer any place left 84 in heaven for him and his angels. 85 12:9 So 86 that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 12:10 Then 87 I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,
“The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God,
and the ruling authority 88 of his Christ, 89 have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, 90
the one who accuses them day and night 91 before our God,
has been thrown down.
12:11 But 92 they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives 93 so much that they were afraid to die.
12:12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!
But 94 woe to the earth and the sea
because the devil has come down to you!
He 95 is filled with terrible anger,
for he knows that he only has a little time!”
12:13 Now 96 when the dragon realized 97 that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 12:14 But 98 the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, 99 to the place God 100 prepared for her, where she is taken care of – away from the presence of the serpent – for a time, times, and half a time. 101 12:15 Then 102 the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to 103 sweep her away by a flood, 12:16 but 104 the earth came to her rescue; 105 the ground opened up 106 and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 12:17 So 107 the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, 108 those who keep 109 God’s commandments and hold to 110 the testimony about Jesus. 111 (12:18) And the dragon 112 stood 113 on the sand 114 of the seashore. 115