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14 Bible Verses About Lucifer

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  • Lucifer comes from Isaiah 14:12, where the Hebrew helel means “shining one” or “morning star,” and Isaiah addresses the line to the king of Babylon.
  • Ezekiel 28 laments the king of Tyre but places him in Eden as “the anointed cherub,” which Tertullian took as a description of the fallen angel.
  • Origen read Isaiah 14 as the devil’s fall; Calvin held that the context shows it concerns the king of the Babylonians.
  • Revelation 12:9 names the dragon, the serpent of old, the Devil and Satan as one figure, cast out of heaven with his angels.
  • John 8:44 and 1 John 3:8 both say the devil sinned “from the beginning” without saying when, and Revelation 20:10 ends with him in the lake of fire.

The name Lucifer comes from a prophet’s taunt against a proud king. The king is the ruler of Babylon (Isaiah 14:4), and the Hebrew word in Isaiah 14:12, helel, means “shining one” or “morning star,” and Ezekiel 28 laments the king of Tyre in similar terms. The New Testament speaks of Satan and the devil. Reading Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as his fall is an interpretation: Origen read Isaiah 14 that way and Tertullian read Ezekiel 28 that way,…

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Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version.

Origen. De Principiis, Book I, chapter 5, on Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28: “who formerly was Lucifer.” newadvent.org

Tertullian. Against Marcion, Book II, chapter 10, on Ezekiel 28: “properly belongs to the transgression of the angel.” newadvent.org

John Calvin. Commentary on Isaiah, on Isaiah 14:12: the reading of the passage “as if it referred to Satan, has arisen from ignorance.” ccel.org

Strong’s Hebrew 1966, הֵילֵל (helel): morning star, shining one. biblehub.com/hebrew/1966

Strong’s Hebrew 7854, שָׂטָן (satan): adversary, accuser. biblehub.com/hebrew/7854

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