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:
12:2 And she being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered.
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.
12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,
and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as
soon as it was born.
12:5 And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God,
and [to] his throne.
12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a
place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred [and] sixty days.
12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more
in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the
power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast
down, who accused them before our God day and night.
12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the
death.
12:12 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 to you, having great wrath, because he
knoweth that he hath but a short time.
12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who brought forth the male-[child].
12:14 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 a time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent.
12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by
the flood.
12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of
his mouth.
12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make
war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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