Revelation 12:6

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator describes a vision to a receiving audience, placing this event immediately after the birth and ascension of a male child and just before the outbreak of war in heaven.

The words — ἔφυγεν (ephugen) means "fled," and ἔρημον (erēmon) translates literally as "wilderness" or desolate place. These terms mark a sudden geographical shift from the heavenly birth scene to a remote location.

The thread — The fixed duration of protection corresponds to the forty-two months of authority granted the beast in Revelation 13:5 and the unmeasured outer courtyard in Revelation 11:2. The same refuge is later confirmed when the woman receives eagle wings to escape the serpent in Revelation 12:14.

Why it lands — The text states that God actively prepared a specific wilderness location to sustain the woman for 1,260 days. A reader must acknowledge that the figure’s preservation depends entirely on divine provision rather than human strategy or escape.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Cross-references

Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
1 Kings 17:3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Revelation 12:4 His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
1 Kings 19:4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Matthew 4:11 Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
1 Kings 17:9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”