9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent , Gen. 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born ; of this we have a very lively description in the most proper images. 1. We see how the chu…
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