Revelation 12:17
ContextNETBible | So 1 the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, 2 those who keep 3 God’s commandments and hold to 4 the testimony about Jesus. 5 (12:18) And the dragon 6 stood 7 on the sand 8 of the seashore. 9 |
XREF | Ge 3:15; Da 7:23-26; Da 11:36; Mt 28:20; Joh 8:44; 1Co 2:1; 1Pe 5:8; 1Jo 5:2; 1Jo 5:10; Re 1:2,9; Re 6:9; Re 11:7; Re 12:11; Re 12:12; Re 13:7; Re 14:12; Re 17:6,14; Re 18:20; Re 19:19; Re 20:4; Re 20:8,9; Re 22:14 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the woman’s escape. 2 tn Grk “her seed” (an idiom for offspring, children, or descendants). 3 tn Or “who obey.” 4 tn Grk “and having.” 5 tn Grk “the testimony of Jesus,” which may involve a subjective genitive (“Jesus’ testimony”) or, more likely, an objective genitive (“testimony about Jesus”). 6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 7 tc Grk ἐστάθη (estaqh, “he stood”). The reading followed by the translation is attested by the better 8 tn Or “sandy beach” (L&N 1.64). 9 sn The standard critical texts of the Greek NT, NA27 and UBS4, both include this sentence as 12:18, as do the RSV and NRSV. Other modern translations like the NASB and NIV include the sentence at the beginning of 13:1; in these versions chap. 12 has only 17 verses. |