Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 12:17 - 12:17

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Robertson Word Pictures - Revelation 12:17 - 12:17


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Waxed wroth (ōrgisthē). First aorist (ingressive) passive indicative of orgizomai, “became angry.”

With the woman (epi tēi gunaiki). “At the woman,” “because of the woman.”

Went away (apēlthen). “Went off” in his rage to make war with the scattered followers of the Lamb not in the wilderness, perhaps an allusion to Gen 3:15. The devil carries on relentless war with all those “which keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus” (tōn tērountōn tas entolas tou theou kai echontōn tēn marturian Iēsou). These two marks excite the wrath of the devil then and always. Cf. Rev 1:9; Rev 6:9; Rev 14:12; Rev 19:10; Rev 20:4.