A great asign
appeared
bin heaven
: ca woman
dclothed
with the sun
, and the moon
under
her feet
, and on her head
a crown
of twelve
stars
;
and she was with child; and she * acried
out, being
in labor
and in pain
to give
birth
.
Then aanother
sign
appeared
in heaven
: and behold
, a great
red
bdragon
having
cseven
heads
and dten
horns
, and on his heads
were eseven
diadems
.
And his tail *swept
away
a athird
of the stars
of heaven
and bthrew
them to the earth
. And the cdragon
stood
before
the woman
who was about
to give
birth
, so
that when
she gave
birth
dhe might devour
her child
.
And ashe gave birth
to a son
, a male
child, who
is to 1 brule
all
the 2nations
with a rod
of iron
; and her child
was ccaught
up to God
and to His throne
.
Then the woman
fled
into the wilderness
where
she *had
a place
prepared
by God
, so
that there
1she would be nourished
for aone
thousand
two
hundred
and sixty
days
.
And there was war in heaven
, aMichael
and his angels
waging
war
with the bdragon
. The dragon
and chis angels
waged
war
,
and they were not strong enough
, and there was no
longer
a place
found
for them in heaven
.
And the great adragon
was thrown
down, the bserpent
of old
who is called
the devil
and cSatan
, who ddeceives
the whole
1world
; he was ethrown
down to the earth
, and his angels
were thrown
down with him.
Then I heard
aa loud
voice
in heaven
, saying
,
"Now the bsalvation
, and the power
, and the akingdom
of our God
and the authority
of His Christ
have come
, for the caccuser
of our brethren
has been thrown
down, he who accuses
them before
our God
day
and night
.
"And they aovercame him because
of bthe blood
of the Lamb
and because
of cthe word
of their testimony
, and they ddid not love
their life
even
1when
faced with death
.
"For this reason
, arejoice
, O heavens
and byou who 1dwell
in them. cWoe
to the earth
and the sea
, because
dthe devil
has come
down
to you, having
great
wrath
, knowing
that he has
only ea short
time
."
And when the adragon
saw
that he was thrown
down to the earth
, he persecuted
bthe woman
who
gave
birth
to the male
child.
But the atwo wings
of the great
eagle
were given
to the woman
, so
that she could fly
binto the wilderness
to her place
, where
she *was nourished
for ca time
and times
and half
a time
, from the 1presence
of the serpent
.
And the aserpent 1poured
water
like
a river
out of his mouth
after
the woman
, so
that he might cause
her to be swept
away
with the flood
.
1But the earth helped
the woman
, and the earth
opened
its mouth
and drank
up the river
which
the dragon
2poured
out of his mouth
.
So the dragon
was enraged
with the woman
, and went
off
to amake
war
with the rest
of her 1 bchildren
, who ckeep
the commandments
of God
and dhold
to the testimony
of Jesus
.