Tree of Life Version
Revelation 12:11
11They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even in the face of death.
Revelation 12:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
- New International Version (NIV)They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
Context of Revelation 12:11
9And the great dragon was thrown down—the ancient serpent, 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 have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Anointed One, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters—the one who accuses them before our God day and night—has been thrown out. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even in the face of death. 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you with great rage, knowing that his time is short. 13Now when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he stalked the woman who had given birth to the male child.
Read all of Revelation 12Revelation 12:11 word by word
καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνίκησαν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀρνίου καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν ἄχρι θανάτου.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- overcameνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
- byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the bloodὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
- of the Lambἀρνίονarnion · lambG721
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- testimonyμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
- they lovedἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- notοὐou · noG3756
- livesψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
- untoἄχριachri achris · untilG891
- the deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
Cross-references for Revelation 12:11
- Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Ruach is saying to Messiah’s communities. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of God.”
- Revelation 3:5The one who overcomes thus will be dressed in white clothes; I will never blot his name out of the Book of Life, and will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”
- Romans 8:33Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
- Romans 16:20Now the God of shalom will soon crush satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who keeps giving us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
- 2 Corinthians 10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
- Ephesians 6:13Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist when the times are evil, and after you have done everything, to stand firm.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
- Hebrews 2:14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same humanity—so that through death He might break the power of the one who had the power of death (that is, the devil)
- 1 John 2:13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
- 1 John 4:4You are from God, children, and you have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- 1 John 5:5Who is it that overcomes the world, if not the one who believes that Yeshua is Ben-Elohim?
- Revelation 7:10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Commentaries on Revelation 12:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb - Here is given the reason why the followers of Christ prevailed at this time against all their adversaries. It was because they fought against the dragon in the armor of God. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb - by proclaiming salvation to sinners through Christ crucified, and by their continual intercession at the throne of grace for the conversion of the heathen world. And by the word of their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And they overcame him - That is, he was foiled in his attempt thus to destroy the church. The reference here, undoubtedly, is primarily to the martyr age and to the martyr spirit; and the meaning is, that religion had not become extinct by these accusations, as Satan hoped it would be, but lived and triumphed. By their holy lives, by their faithful testimony, by their patient sufferings, they showed that all these accusations were false, and that the…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. 10-11Satan's defeat encourages Christians who, like those in Revelation, do not fear death (see John 12:24–26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. they--emphatic in the Greek. "They" in particular. They and they alone. They were the persons who overcame. overcame--(Ro 8:33, 34, 37; 16:20). him--(1Jo 2:14, 15). It is the same victory (a peculiarly Johannean phrase) over Satan and the world which the Gospel of John describes in the life of Jesus, his Epistle in the life of each believer, and his Apocalypse in the life of the Church. by, &c.--Greek (dia to haima; accusative, not genitive case, as…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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