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Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
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Verse 3. Another wonder in heaven; that is, in the Church of Christ, though revealed to Saint John, in the visions, as if they were seen in heaven.—A great red dragon; a fiery dragon, with seven heads and ten horns; that is many heads and many horns. By the dragon is generally understood the devil, (see verse 7 and 9) and by the heads and horns, kings and princes, who act under him, persecuting the servants of God. Witham.—Dragon, and so forth the devil; and by the seven heads and ten horns, are meant those princes and governors who persecute the Church of Christ. Calmet.
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