Revelation 12:13

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth,.... When the devil perceived he had not the power in the Roman empire he formerly had; and that his influence was only over the common and…

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth - That is, when Satan saw that he was doomed to discomfiture and overthrow, as if he had been cast out of heaven; when he saw that his efforts…

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth - When the heathen party saw that they were no longer supported by the civil power: -

He persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child…

We have here an account of this war, so happily finished in heaven, or in the church, as it was again renewed and carried on in the wilderness, the place to which the church had fled, and where she…

The Deliverance of the Woman, Rev 12:13-17

13. he persecuted the woman The reference is probably in the first instance to the Roman persecution of the Jews, in and after the wars of Titus and Hadrian:…