Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
KJV
Καὶ ὅτε εἶδεν ὁ δράκων ὅτι ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐδίωξεν τὴν γυναῖκα ἥτις ἔτεκεν τὸν ἄρσενα.
Greek NT
Et postquam vidit draco quod projectus esset in terram, persecutus est mulierem, quæ peperit masculum :
Vulgate
And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child.
ASV
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
δράκων
drakon
noun · 13×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
τίκτω
tikto
verb · 18×
ἄῤῥην
arren
adjective · 9×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2853Victory over the "prince of this world"169 was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. This is the judgment of this world, and the prince of this world is "cast out."170 "He pursued the woman"171 but had no hold on her: the new Eve, "full of grace" of the Holy Spirit, is preserved from sin and the corruption of death (the Imm…
Cross-references
- Gen 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Rev 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.
- Rev 13:2 — And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
- Rev 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,