¹³ When the dragon^(A) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.^(B)

³ Then another sign appeared in heaven:^(A) an enormous red dragon^(B) with seven heads^(C) and ten horns^(D) and seven crowns^(E) on its heads. ⁴ Its tail swept a third^(F) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.^(G) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child^(H) the moment he was born. ⁵ She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”^[a](I) And her child was snatched up^(J) to God and to his throne.

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(A) In this world you will have trouble.^(B) But take heart! I have overcome^(C) the world.”