New American Standard Bible 2020
Revelation 12:8
8and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
Revelation 12:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
Context of Revelation 12:8
6Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for 1,260 days. 7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
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καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν, οὐδὲ τόπος εὑρέθη αὐτῶν ἔτι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 12:8
- Revelation 12:11And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
- Psalms 13:4And my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.
- Psalms 118:10All nations surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
- Psalms 129:2“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.
- Jeremiah 1:19And they will fight against you but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to save you,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal limit, and it will not cross over it. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; Though they roar, they will not cross over it.
- Matthew 16:18And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
- Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
- Job 7:10He will not return to his house again, Nor will his place know about him anymore.
- Job 8:18If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Job 20:9The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.
- Job 27:21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; For it sweeps him away from his place.
- Psalms 37:10Yet a little while and the wicked person will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.
- Acts 1:25to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
- Jude 1:6And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
Commentaries on Revelation 12:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And prevailed not - Against the cause of Christianity. Neither was their place found any more in heaven - The advocates of the heathen idolatry were prevented from having any farther share in the government of the empire. The wonderful success of Constantine over all his enemies, and his final triumph over Licinius, correspond exactly to the symbolical language in this verse.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And prevailed not - Satan and his angels failed in their purpose. Neither was their place found any more in heaven - They were cast out, and were seen there no more. The idea is, that they were defeated and driven away, though for a time they were suffered to carry on the warfare elsewhere.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. The parties were Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and his instruments. The strength of the church is in having the Lord Jesus for the Captain of their salvation. Pagan idolatry, which was the worship of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9This scene reveals the dragon’s identity and power. God sends Michael, the warrior archangel (see Daniel 12:1; Jude 1:9), to face the dragon and his angels. God does not need to fight the battle himself (see Matthew 26:53), and Satan is defeated.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. prevailed not--A and Coptic read, "He prevailed not." But B and C read as English Version. neither--A, B, and C read, "not even" (Greek, "oude"): a climax. Not only did they not prevail, but not even their place was found any more in heaven. There are four gradations in the ever deeper downfall of Satan: (1) He is deprived of his heavenly excellency, though having still access to heaven as man's accuser, up to Christ's first coming. As heaven was not…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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