--- title: "Revelation 12 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Revelation 12 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/revelation/12" --- [ Read](/kjv/revelation/12)[ Commentary](/study/revelation/12)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/revelation/12) Audio 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and *to* his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred *and* threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 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. 12 Therefore rejoice, *ye* heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man *child*. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. [Revelation 11](/study/revelation/11) [Revelation 13](/study/revelation/13) ## Commentary To verse 1 Before I introduce the comment mentioned at the close of the preceding chapter, I think it necessary to state that the *phraseology* of the whole chapter is peculiarly *rabbinical*, and shall insert a few selections which may serve to illustrate some of the principal *figures*. In *Sohar Exod*., fol. 47, col. 187, we find a mystical interpretation of [Exodus 21:22](/kjv/exodus/21/22): *If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit* *depart-he shall be surely punished, as the woman's husband will* *lay upon him*. "If men strive, i.e. *Michael* and *Samael*, and hurt a woman with child, i.e. *the Israelitish Church*, so that her fruit depart, *hoc fit in exilio*, he shall surely be punished, i.e., *Samael*. *As the woman's husband*, that is, the holy and blessed God." NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C. Verse [Revelation 12:1](/kjv/revelation/12/1). ***There appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed**********with the sun*** — That the woman here represents the true Church of Christ most commentators are agreed. In other parts of the Apocalypse, the pure Church of Christ is evidently portrayed by a woman. In [Revelation 19:7](/kjv/revelation/19/7), a great multitude are represented as saying, "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his WIFE hath made herself ready." In [Revelation 21:9](/kjv/revelation/21/9), an angel talks with St. John, saying, "Come hither, I will show thee the BRIDE, the Lamb's wife." That the Christian Church is meant will appear also from her being *clothed* *with the sun*, a striking emblem of Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness, the light and glory of the Church; for the countenance of the Son of God is *as the sun shineth in his* *strength*. The woman has:- ***The moon under her feet.*** — Bishop Newton understands this of the Jewish typical worship and indeed the Mosaic system of rites and ceremonies could not have been better represented, for it was the *shadow of good things to come*. The moon is the less light, ruling over the night, and deriving all its illumination from the sun; in like manner the Jewish dispensation was the bright moonlight night of the world, and possessed a portion of the glorious light of the Gospel. At the rising of the sun the night is ended, and the lunar light no longer necessary, as the sun which enlightens her shines full upon the earth; exactly in the same way has the whole Jewish system of types and shadows has been superseded by the birth, life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of Jesus Christ. Upon the head of the woman is:- ***A crown of twelve stars.*** — A very significant representation of the *twelve apostles*, who were the first founders of the Christian Church, and by whom the Gospel was preached in great part of the Roman empire with astonishing success. "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the STARS for ever and ever." 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