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A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
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The Woman is God's People
Commentators are nearly unanimous that this woman is not the Virgin Mary, but a powerful symbol for the people of God. She represents the continuous community of faith, from the faithful in the Old Testament who awaited the Messiah, to the New Testament church. As one scholar puts it, she is the 'ideal Zion' or the 'believing covenant-messianic community.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
CHAPTER XII
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This portion of the book commences, according to the view presented in the closing remarks on the las…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
And there appeared . . .—Better, And a great sign was seen in the heaven. The word sign is preferable to “wonder…
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Baptist
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven This vision begins a new account of things, and represents the church in…
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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…
