And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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Revelation 12:9-13
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
they--emphatic in the Greek. "They" in particular. They and they alone. They were the persons who overcame. overcame-- (Rom 8:33-34, Rom 8:37; Rom 16:20). him-- (Jo1 2:14-15). It is the same victory (a peculiarly Johannean phrase) over Satan and the world which the Gospel of John describes in the life of Jesus, his Epistle in the life of each believer, and his Apocalypse in the life of the Church. by, &c.--Greek (dia to haima; accusative, not genitive case, as English Version would require, compare Heb 9:12), "on account of (on the ground of) the blood of the Lamb"; "because of"; on account of and by virtue of its having been shed.
Other Bible passages linked to this one, most cited first.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.