Revelation 12:3-4

12:3 Then ¹  another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. ²  12:4 Now ³  the dragon’s ⁴  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ⁵  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

Revelation 12:9-13

12:9 So ⁶  that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. 12:10 Then ⁷  I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,

“The salvation and the power

and the kingdom of our God,

and the ruling authority ⁸  of his Christ, ⁹  have now come,

because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, ¹⁰ 

the one who accuses them day and night ¹¹  before our God,

has been thrown down.

12:11 But ¹²  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ¹³  so much that they were afraid to die.

12:12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!

But ¹⁴  woe to the earth and the sea

because the devil has come down to you!

He ¹⁵  is filled with terrible anger,

for he knows that he only has a little time!”

12:13 Now ¹⁶  when the dragon realized ¹⁷  that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

[12:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:3]  ² tn For the translation of διάδημα (diadhma) as “diadem crown” see L&N 6.196.

[12:4]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

[12:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the war in heaven.

[12:10]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:10]  ⁸ tn Or “the right of his Messiah to rule.” See L&N 37.35.

[12:10]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[12:10]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). The translation “fellow believer” would normally apply (L&N 11.23), but since the speaker(s) are not specified in this context, it is not clear if such a translation would be appropriate here. The more generic “brothers and sisters” was chosen to emphasize the fact of a relationship without specifying its type.

[12:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “who accuses them continually.”

[12:11]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[12:11]  ¹³ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.

[12:12]  ¹⁴ tn The word “But” is not in the Greek text, but the contrast is clearly implied. This is a case of asyndeton (lack of a connective).

[12:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and is filled,” a continuation of the previous sentence. Because English tends to use shorter sentences (especially when exclamations are involved), a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[12:13]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” because the clause it introduces is clearly resumptive.

[12:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “saw.”