And 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
- KJV And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
- NKJV Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
- NASB Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
- NLT Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— the one who accuses them before our God day and night.
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Quick answer
A heavenly voice proclaims that salvation, power, and Christ's kingdom have come, for the accuser of the brothers is cast down. Satan's accusing role against believers is ended.
Overview
The defeat of "the accuser" who charged God's people "day and night" (compare Job 1-2; Zechariah 3) means believers can no longer be condemned before God. This triumph is the dawning of salvation and the reign of Christ. It rests on Christ's atoning work, by which no charge can stand against God's elect (Romans 8:33-34). The verse turns Satan's downfall into a song of the kingdom's arrival.
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- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- Zech 3:1–2Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Job 1:9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Rev 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- 2 Cor 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Ps 2:8–12Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Ps 22:28For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
- 1 Cor 5:4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
- Rev 19:1–7After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Ps 145:11–13They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Ps 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Luke 11:2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
- Matt 6:10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- Matt 26:64“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- Ps 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Rev 7:10And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
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