A great sign (σημειον μεγα). The first of the visions to be so described (13:3; 15:1), and it is introduced by ωφθη as in 11:19; 1…

CHAPTER XII

ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER

This portion of the book commences, according to the view presented in the closing remarks on the las…

And there appeared . . .—Better, And a great sign was seen in the heaven. The word sign is preferable to “wonder…

This is that woman of whom the promise runs, The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head.

John saw this in a vision in th…

John sees a dazzling sight—a pregnant woman, “clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet,” and wearing a victor’s “crown” (GK 5109; cf. 2:1…

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven
This vision begins a new account of things, and represents the church in…

The church, under the emblem of a woman (the mother of believers), was seen by the apostle in a vision, in heaven. She was clothed with the sun—jus…