Revelation 12:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there appeared another wonderb in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. ”

• Revelation 12:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And there appeared another wonder in heaven - Represented as in heaven. See the notes on Revelation 12:1 . That is, he saw this as occurring at the time when the church was thus about to increas...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 ( Revel...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Revelation 12. The Vision of the Woman, the Child, and the Dragon. This chapter has always presented difficulties to the student of Revelation. Two questions present themselves: ( a) What is the c...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  another. App-124. behold. App-133. dragon. Greek. drakon. First of thirteen occurances in Rev. only. (App-10 and App-197) See Revelation 12:9 . seven heads... heads. "Signs" of universa...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. There appeared another wonder - a great red dragon - The...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Appeared - `was seen.' Wonder - `sign.'...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Woman and the Man-Child. The Dragon The persecution which the Church had already suffered, and which was about to burst forth again, is the great fact which underlies the whole 'Revelation.' T...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And there appeared ... — Better, And another sign was seen in the heaven; and behold a great red dragon. This, too, is a sign, and has a meaning. The dragon stands for some dread and hostile power...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST GREAT ENEMY OF THE CHURCH. Revelation 12:1-17 . THE twelfth chapter of the Revelation of St John has been felt by every commentator to be one more than usually difficult t...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “He Shall Reign For Ever and Ever” Revelation 11:14-19 ; Revelation 12:1-6 The kingdom is even now Christ's, but it is hidden, even as He is. One day it will be manifested. For a long time Dav...

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• Revelation 12:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this and two subsequent Chapter s we have an interpolation in the account of the actual procedure. Two signs are described, a woman and a dragon, between whom is antagonism. Symbolically, it cover...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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 i...

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• Revelation 12:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And there appeared another wonder in heaven ,.... Or "sign"; which represents the woman, or the church's adversary, Satan; not that he was in heaven, in the third heaven, the place of glory and happ...

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• Revelation 12:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 3. Another wonder in heaven ] That is, in the C...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And there appeared a woman clothed with the sun “It was a well-known custom,” says Lowman, “at the time of this prophecy, to represent the several virtues, and public societies, by the figure of a...

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• Revelation 12:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Woman and the Dragon. A. D.  95.       1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clo...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; there appeared to John, being yet in his vision, another amazing sight, which was a sign or type of something differing from what it appeared like. And...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And there was another sign in heaven, and behold, a great red monster having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.' This is the second sign in heaven. ‘A great red monster'. I...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE MISSION OF CHRIST’S CHURCH AND ITS GREAT HINDERER CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES “IN the set of visions now before us, the Apocalypse unveils the spiritual aspects of the conflict, that we m...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Revelation 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: This is that woman of whom the...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 12:1 . There appeared a great wonder in heaven; that is, in the church or kingdom of heaven below; for the church has long been called a woman, and a fruitful mother, the bride, and the...

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• Revelation 12:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A great red dragon. The great war A contest here is waging which enlists and engages the mightiest powers that exist. It is the great and far-reaching conflict between good and evil, between tr...

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• Revelation 12:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter commences another series of revelations. Again St. John returns to the beginning, and traces the spiritual history of the Church and the Christian in their warfare with S...

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• Revelation 12:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Battle of Michael with the Dragon. The woman clothed with the sun:

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• Revelation 12:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 2:42 ; Daniel 7:20 ; Daniel 7:24 ; Daniel 7:7 ; Daniel 7:8 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; Isaiah 51:9 ; Isaiah 9:15 ; Revelation 13:1 ; Revelation 13:3 ; Revelation 17:10 ; Revelation 17:12 ; Re...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The War in Heaven Revelation 12:1-17 and Revelation 13:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It almost seems folly to try to speak on two Chapter s in Revelation, at one time. We realize we cannot do...

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• Revelation 12:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And behold a great red dragon — His fiery — red colour denoting his disposition. Having seven heads — Implying vast wisdom. And ten horns — Perhaps on the seventh head; emblems of mighty power and...

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