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The Woman and the Dragon

12 [a]And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

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Footnotes

  1. 12.1-6 The child brought forth is the Messiah; the dragon is the devil; the woman who gave birth to the Messiah is Israel, and then becomes the Christian church, which continually gives birth to the faithful.

The Woman and the Dragon

12 A great sign(A) appeared in heaven:(B) a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars(C) on her head.

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she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.

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She was pregnant and cried out in pain(A) as she was about to give birth.

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