Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 12:16
The earth helped the woman. In some way the flood of persecution
was so hindered that it failed to accomplish the object. I believe this
refers to the hindrances often interposed by secular powers to stay
persecution. The Hussites protected themselves under Zisca by force of
arms; the German princes protected Luther; the edict of Nantes gave
French Protestants a rest. These were times when "the earth" drank up
the flood.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 12:6
Revelation 13:1
Revelation 13:2
Revelation 13:8
Revelation 16:14
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