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Rev_12:13-17. The dragon, cast down to the earth, pursues first the woman fleeing into the wilderness; but as she also, like the child (Rev_12:5), is delivered from his snares, he turns to the conflict against the rest of her seed.
Καὶ ὅτε εἰδεν . The dragon, finding himself cast upon the earth, must first perceive that thereby all his persecution of the child itself would become impossible; so he employs himself with pursuing ( ἐδίωξε , aor.) the woman, just because she was the mother of that man-child.[3162]
[3162] ἤτις . Cf. the accurate use of this relative also, Rev_9:4, Rev_3:2-4, Rev_19:2, Rev_20:4.