Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
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8And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
2 Chronicles 18:21And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
Job 2:1And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
Isaiah 14:12How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!
Matthew Henry on Revelation 12:2-12
The Woman and the Dragon. ( a. d. 95.) 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 in birth, and pained to be delivered. 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. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the… Read the whole commentary →