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Fled into the wilderness (ephugen eis tēn erēmon). Second aorist active indicative of pheugō. Here, of course, not Mary, but “the ideal woman” (God’s people) of the preceding verses, who fled under persecution of the dragon. God’s people do not at once share the rapture of Christ, but the dragon is unable to destroy them completely. The phrases used here seem to be reminiscent of Deu 8:2. (wanderings of Israel in the wilderness), 1Ki 17:2. and 1Ki 19:3. (Elijah’s flight), 1 Macc. 2:29 (flight of the Jews from Antiochus Epiphanes), Mat 2:13 (flight of Joseph and Mary to Egypt), Mar 13:14 (the flight of Christians at the destruction of Jerusalem).
Where (hopou - ekei). Hebrew redundancy (where - there) as in Rev 3:8; Rev 8:9, Rev 8:9; Rev 13:8, Rev 13:12; Rev 17:9; Rev 20:8.
Prepared (hētoimasmenon). Perfect passive predicate participle of hetoimazō, for which verb see Mat 20:23; Rev 8:6; Rev 9:7, Rev 9:15; Rev 16:12; Rev 19:7; Rev 21:2, and for its use with topos Joh 14:2. and for the kind of fellowship meant by it (Psa 31:21; 2Co 13:13; Col 3:3; 1Jo 1:3).
Of God (apo tou theou). “From (by) God,” marking the source as God (Rev 9:18; Jam 1:13). This anticipatory symbolism is repeated in Rev 12:13.
That there they may nourish her (hina ekei trephōsin autēn). Purpose clause with hina and the present for continued action: active subjunctive according to A P though C reads trephousin, present active indicative, as is possible also in Rev 13:17 and certainly so in 1Jo 5:20 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 984), a solecism in late vernacular Greek. The plural is indefinite “they” as in Rev 10:11; Rev 11:9. One MSS. has trephetai (is nourished). The stereotyped phrase occurs here, as in Rev 11:2., for the length of the dragon’s power, repeated in Rev 12:14 in more general terms and again in Rev 13:5.