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Rev. 12:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Rev. 11:3• ³And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. (Rev. 11:3)

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the woman.

Rev. 12:4,14• ⁴and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.
¹⁴And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (Rev. 12:4,14)

that.

1 Kings 17:3‑6,9‑16• ³Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
⁴And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
⁵And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
⁶And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
⁹Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
¹⁰And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
¹¹And she went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
¹²And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
¹³And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.
¹⁴For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!
¹⁵And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
¹⁶The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah. (1 Kings 17:3‑6,9‑16)

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1 Kings 19:4‑8• ⁴And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
⁵And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
⁶And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
⁷And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
⁸And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. (1 Kings 19:4‑8)

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Matt. 4:11• ¹¹Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him. (Matt. 4:11)

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Rev. 11:2‑3• ²And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; because it has been given up to the nations, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.
³And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2‑3)

• Meanwhile, God turns even the suffering into more positive blessing for the faithful. The very certainty that He could crush the dragon gives Him patience to wait, and He wants His people to be like Himself. (“Lectures on Revelation 12” by W. Kelly)

• The truth is, that the first six verses give us the complete picture. (“Lectures on Revelation 12” by W. Kelly)

• Wilderness: Isolation from the present resources of the civilized earth. (“Revelation 12 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And the woman fled intoa the wilderness, where she hathb a place prepared of God, that there they should nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

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It is true that "eis" may be translated "unto" or "towards," no less than "into": to decide which is meant, we must carefully examine the nature of the case, and the context. But Luke 11:56,57, in no wise proves that the woman was fleeing merely towards the wilderness; because we have various occurrences related immediately after the evangelist says that they proceeded unto another village—occurrences expressly said to be while they were on their way. The two wings of the great eagle convey the very reverse of a gradual movement thither. Nor does the parenthetic account of the war in heaven confirm the notion of progressive stages.

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The replaced word (there) after "hath" of the old Manuscripts makes a scarce sensible difference save perhaps in emphasis Hebraistically.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)