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and she was the child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

And she was with child (κα εν γαστρ εχουσα). Perhaps εστιν to be supplied or the participle used as a finite verb as in 10:2. This…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, etc. This means there would be something that would be properly represented by a woma…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And she . . .—Better, And being with child, she cries, laboring, and is in anguish to give birth. All l…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That child who is born of her, that seed of the woman, who shall bruise the serpent's head is: first, Christ, and then all the firstborn, of whom H…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The woman is in the throes of childbirth. The emphasis on her pain and suffering, both physically and spiritually, signifies the suffering of the f…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And she being big with child
Which may be expressive of the fruitfulness of the church in bearing and bringing forth…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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