Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. New Living Translation And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. English Standard Version And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Berean Standard Bible They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. Berean Literal Bible And they have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony; and they have not loved their life unto death. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. New American Standard Bible And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. NASB 1995 “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. NASB 1977 “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. Legacy Standard Bible And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their witness, and they did not love their life even to death. Amplified Bible And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death. Christian Standard Bible They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death. Holman Christian Standard Bible They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not love their lives in the face of death. American Standard Version And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And they were victorious by the blood of The Lamb and by the word of his testimony and they did not love their lives unto death.” Contemporary English Version "Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives. Douay-Rheims Bible And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of the testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death. English Revised Version And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. GOD'S WORD® Translation They won the victory over him because of the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life so much that they refused to give it up. Good News Translation They won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed; and they were willing to give up their lives and die. International Standard Version Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death. Literal Standard Version and they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life—to death; Majority Standard Bible They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. New American Bible They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death. NET Bible But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. New Revised Standard Version But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death. New Heart English Bible They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. They did not love their life, even to death. Webster's Bible Translation And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death. Weymouth New Testament But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death. World English Bible They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death. Young's Literal Translation and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The War in Heaven…10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”… Cross References Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be My disciple. John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!" 1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells. Revelation 6:9 And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. Revelation 7:14 "Sir," I answered, "you know." So he replied, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Treasury of Scripture And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death. they overcame. Revelation 2:7,11,17,26 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God… Revelation 3:5,12,21 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels… John 16:33 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. the blood. Revelation 7:10-14 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb… Revelation 14:1-4 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads… Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. the word. Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. See on ch. Revelation 1:2,9 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw… Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. they loved not. Revelation 2:10,13 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life… Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Jump to Previous Blood Borne Cheap Conquered Death Faced Freely Gained Held Lamb Lamb's Overcame Overcome Shrink Testimony Themselves Victory Witness WordJump to Next Blood Borne Cheap Conquered Death Faced Freely Gained Held Lamb Lamb's Overcame Overcome Shrink Testimony Themselves Victory Witness WordRevelation 12 1. A woman clothed with the sun travails.4. The great red dragon stands before her, ready to devour her child; 6. when she is delivered she flees into the desert. 7. Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, and prevail. 13. The dragon, being cast down into the earth, persecutes the woman. (11) And they overcame him . . .--Better, And they conquered him (not "by," but) on account of the blood of the Lamb, and on account of the word of their testimony, &c. They overcame him--i.e., the accuser, the devil: their victory over him is "owing to" the blood of the Lamb. Who is he that condemneth, when Christ hath died? What power can the accusations of the adversary have when the Lamb of God hath taken away the sin of the world (John 1:29), and when we have boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus? (Hebrews 10:19.) Dean Alford mentions the tradition that Satan accuses men all days of the year except on the Day of Atonement. But their victory is also in virtue of the word of their testimony: in virtue of the word to which they bore witness; not simply, I think, because they had a word of God to which they could bear witness, but because they had a word of God and did bear witness to it. The Christian victory is a victory of dependence and of obedience: of dependence on Him without whom they can do nothing; and of obedience to Him: it is in keeping of His commandments there is great reward: and in bearing testimony that the testimony becomes a power and a treasure. So it was the man who did Christ's commandments who was like the man whose house was founded on the rock. Theoretical religion relaxes the energy of faith, even though it may brace the intellect; practical religion invigorates faith, gives it its force, and moulds the heroism of those who, in their love of Christ, "love not their lives even unto death." It is thought that these last words imply that the martyred saints alone are spoken of. This seems to me a mistake. It is true that in the martyr we have the fullest practical token of that spirit of devotion to Christ which loves Him more than life itself; but the spirit of such devotion and such love has breathed in thousands who have never died the martyr's death, but who have devoted their lives to Him they loved. The martyr spirit needs not death to show itself; many lose their lives for Christ's sake who have never been called to lay down their lives for Him, and these, as truly as those who have passed away in the shroud of flame, have loved not their lives unto the death. "He may bid us die for Him: He does bid us live for Him. If we do not the one--the less--we may be quite sure that we shall never rise to the other--the higher and the more glorious" (Dr. Vaughan).Verse 11. - And they overcame him (cf. the frequent references to those who overcome, and the promises made to them, Revelation 2 , etc.). The reference "they" is to "our brethren," the accused ones of ver. 10. By the blood of the Lamb; because of the blood, etc. (Revised Version). That is, "the blood of the Lamb" is the ground or reason of their victory, not the instrument. So in Revelation 1:9, "1 John... was in the island called Patmos, because of the Word of God (διὰ τὸν λόγον)" (cf. Revelation 6:9). Winer agrees with this view of the present passage, against Ewald and De Wette (p. 498 of Moulton's translation). "The Lamb," who was seen "as it had been slain" (Revelation 5:6) - Christ. And by the word of their testimony; and on account of the word, etc. The one phrase is the natural complement of the other. "The blood of the Lamb" would have been shed in vain without the testimony, the outcome of the faith of his followers; that testimony would have been impossible without the shedding of the blood. And they loved not their lives unto the death; their life even unto death. That is, they valued not their life in this world, even to the extent of meeting death for the sake of giving their testimony. There is no article in the Greek, merely ἄχρι θανάτον; so also in the same phrase in Acts 22:4. The article of the Authorized Version in Acts 22:4 is probably derived from Wickliffe's Bible; that in the present passage, from Tyndale's. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theyαὐτοὶ (autoi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. have conquered ἐνίκησαν (enikēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue. him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. by διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. blood αἷμα (haima) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lamb Ἀρνίου (Arniou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 721: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. by διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. word λόγον (logon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. testimony; μαρτυρίας (martyrias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3141: Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they did not love ἠγάπησαν (ēgapēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. lives ψυχὴν (psychēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely. so as to shy away from ἄχρι (achri) Preposition Strong's 891: As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to. death. θανάτου (thanatou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death. 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