both the Hebrew and the Greek names are joined together : in other texts, even the appellation of the devil , inasmuch as it is alone, may no doubt appertain to the Jews. — 6 ^Xavuv, which deceivetli ) The devil is a liar and a murderer , John viii. 44 ; a seducer , in this passage, and raging , ver. 12, where despair , in consequence of the shortness of the time, inflames his rage. But the saints, who overcome him, have faith , love, and hope.
10. ’A pri, now) This particle teaches most evidently, that this twelfth chapter, from its very beginning, refers to the trumpet of the seventh angel ; for the voice which was heard immediately under the sound of that trumpet, ch. xi. 15, respecting the kingdom , is here repeated with a remarkable increase of meaning by the figure, Epitasis [see Append.] ; nor can it by any means be placed before this trumpet in particular. The accuser attacked the citizens, and not the king. Moreover, the latter part of the twelfth chapter, has a most close coherence with this very passage. In ch. ii. 15—18, these things are set forth, which this most important trumpet com- prises ; in ver. 19, and ch. xii.-xxii. is an Exergasia [see Append. u Epexegesis.”], and copious description of its accomplishment. — 6 xarriyup') A name naturalized and adopted even in the East, and so used by the Syriac translator in this passage. Therefore in this very place it is not used as a Greek word (as Camero remarks), but as a Hebrew word, the purely Greek synonym, 6 nurnyopuv, follow- ing. The two languages are joined together, as in ver. 9, and re- peatedly in this book, which has reference to both Israelites and Gentiles. See Sclioettgen, Hor. Hebr. p. 1120, and those which follow ; where also the office of Michael, and the appellation, old serpent , are illustrated from the writings of the Hebrews.
212. Ova.}, ivoe) This is the last denunciation of the third and most grievous woe , which has already been frequently denounced ; and under it at length the beast assails. Wherefore the remarks which Wolf makes most recently. T. iv. Curar, p. 530, he also approves of, p. 535, when he prefers to the other interpreters, those who think that the government of the Roman Pontiff is marked out by the beast. Ap. xiii. 1. — ry ytj xa / rfi 0aXa<r<r?j, the earth and the
1 K xryycop, A. Karjjyopof, BC and Rec. Text. — E.
2 Ver. 11. ovk, not) By this negative a contradiction is given to the accusa- tion, the subject of which is indicated by this very expression. — V. g.
— rqv -tyvyjriv uinav, their own soul) or life. In like manner Satan had also accused Job, Job ii. 4. Against him, who renounces his love of life, the calumni- ator has now no power. — V. g.