Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The apostle John delivers a vision of the heavenly war’s conclusion to the recipients of Revelation, marking the moment the rebel host is expelled from the divine council. The words — The text employs ἐβλήθη (eblēthē) = was hurled down and ὁ μέγας δρὰκων (ho megas drakōn) = the great dragon to identify the defeated combatant. The thread — This expulsion narrative recurs in Luke 10:18 and John 12:31, and is fulfilled in Revelation 20:10 where the same figure receives final condemnation. Why it lands — The text states that the dragon is the ancient serpent, the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, who was cast to earth with his angels. It requires the reader to acknowledge that the source of cosmic deception has been forcibly removed and to submit to the established authority of God and His Christ.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And 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.

Cross-references

Luke 10:18 So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
John 12:31 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Isaiah 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Job 2:1 On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,