The Seed Promise · stop 13 of 13
The war of the seeds ends
Revelation 12:9
The woman, the male child, and 'that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan' — Revelation 12 names every player from Genesis 3, and verse 17 still speaks of 'the remnant of her seed.'
9And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
The narrative
This stop on the thread
Revelation 12 gathers every player from Genesis 3 onto one stage — the woman, her seed, and the dragon 'that old serpent.' The enmity God set in Eden runs to the last battle, and the promise holds to the last page.
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (public domain)Puritan
The workbench
Words in this verse
- καὶkai — AndG2532
- ἐβλήθηeblēthē — was thrown [out]G906
- ὁho — theG3588
- δράκωνdrakōn — dragonG1404
- ὁho — <the>G3588
- μέγας,megas — great,G3173
- ὁho — theG3588
- ὄφιςophis — serpentG3789
- ὁho — <the>G3588
- ἀρχαῖος,archaios — ancient,G744
- ὁho — whoG3588
- καλούμενοςkaloumenos — is calledG2564
- διάβολοςdiabolos — [the] devilG1228
- καὶkai — andG2532
- ὁho — <the>G3588
- ΣατανᾶςSatanas — SatanG4567
- ὁho — whoG3588
- πλανῶνplanōn — is deceivingG4105
- τὴνtēn — theG3588
- οἰκουμένηνoikoumenēn — inhabited [world]G3625
- ὅλην,holēn — whole,G3650
- ἐβλήθηeblēthē — He was thrown downG906
- εἰςeis — toG1519
- τὴνtēn — theG3588
- γῆν,gēn — earth,G1093
- καὶkai — andG2532
- οἱhoi — theG3588
- ἄγγελοιangeloi — angelsG32
- αὐτοῦautou — of himG846
- μετ᾽met᾽ — withG3326
- αὐτοῦautou — himG846
- ἐβλήθησαν.eblēthēsan — were thrown down.G906
The floor
Cross-references
Luke 10:18John 12:31Revelation 20:10Isaiah 14:121 John 5:19Revelation 20:2–32 Corinthians 4:4Job 2:1–2
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