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Revelation 12:6
6The woman ran away into the wilderness. God had prepared a special place to keep her safe there for 1,260 days.
Revelation 12:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
- New International Version (NIV)The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Context of Revelation 12:6
4Its tail beat away a third of the stars from the sky. It threw them down on the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who would soon give birth to her baby. He was waiting there to eat her child as soon as he was born. 5The woman gave birth to a son. He was a man who would rule all the nations of the world with strong authority. Then someone quickly took her child away. He went up to God and to his throne. The woman ran away into the wilderness. God had prepared a special place to keep her safe there for 1,260 days. 7Then a war started in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his army of angels fought against Michael and his angels. 8But the dragon and his army were not strong enough to win the battle. They no longer had a place for themselves in heaven.
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καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἔφυγεν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὅπου ἔχει ἐκεῖ τόπον ἡτοιμασμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ἐκεῖ τρέφωσιν αὐτὴν ἡμέρας χιλίας διακοσίας ἑξήκοντα.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the womanγυνήgunē · womanG1135
- fledφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
- whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
- she hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
- preparedἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- they should feedτρέφωtrephō · to feedG5142
- herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
- a thousandχίλιοιchilioi · thousandG5507
- two hundredδιακόσιοιdiakosioi · two hundredG1250
- threescoreἑξήκονταhexēkonta · sixtyG1835
- daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
Cross-references for Revelation 12:6
- Revelation 12:4Its tail beat away a third of the stars from the sky. It threw them down on the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who would soon give birth to her baby. He was waiting there to eat her child as soon as he was born.
- 1 Kings 17:3‘Leave here! Go to the east. Hide in the Kerith valley, east of the Jordan River.
- 1 Kings 19:4Then Elijah went into the desert by himself. He travelled for about a day. He found a small tree there and he sat down under it. He prayed that he might die. He said, ‘Lord, I have had enough trouble! Take my life from me. It is no better for me here than to be with my dead ancestors.’
- Matthew 4:11Then the Devil left Jesus alone. Immediately angels came to Jesus and they took care of him.
- Revelation 11:2But do not measure the yard that is outside God's house. Do not measure it, because God has given that yard to Gentiles who do not believe in him. They will stamp all over God's own city for 42 months and they will destroy it.
Commentaries on Revelation 12:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And the woman fled into the wilderness - The account of the woman's flying into the wilderness immediately follows that of her child being caught up to the throne of God, to denote the great and rapid increase of heresies in the Christian Church after the time that Christianity was made the religion of the empire. Where she hath a place prepared of God - See on Revelation 12:14; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And the woman - The woman representing the church. See the notes at Revelation 12:1. Fled - That is, she fled in the manner, and at the time, stated in Revelation 12:14. John here evidently anticipates, by a summary statement, what he relates more in detail in Revelation 12:14-17. He had referred Revelation 12:2-5 to what occurred to the child in its persecutions, and he here alludes, in general, to what befell the true church as compelled to flee into…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Like the people of Israel who were spiritually refined in the wilderness (see Hosea 2:14–15; Acts 7:38–45) and in exile in Babylon (see Isaiah 5:13; Ezekiel 12:1–3), the Christian church must face its own challenges. Revelation shares messages of endurance and perseverance during difficult times and shows that God provides places of refuge and ways to escape for his people (compare 1 Corinthians 10:13). 1,260 days: See study note on Revelation 11:2–3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. woman fled--Mary's flight with Jesus into Egypt is a type of this. where she hath--So C reads. But A and B add "there." a place--that portion of the heathen world which has received Christianity professedly, namely, mainly the fourth kingdom, having its seat in the modern Babylon, Rome, implying that all the heathen world would not be Christianized in the present order of things. prepared of God--literally, "from God." Not by human caprice or fear, but…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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