Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
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18\13:1\And he took his place on the sand of the sea.\
Cross References
Daniel 7:23This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it.
Matthew 28:20Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
1 Corinthians 2:1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.
1 John 2:3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
1 John 5:10He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 12:13-17
The Woman and the Dragon. ( a. d. 95.) 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. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 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… Read the whole commentary →