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Revelation 20:1 KJV
Revelation · chapter 20 · verse 1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.Revelation 20:1 · King James Version
Revelation 20:1 in context
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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Key words (Strong's)
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- chainhalysisa chain, bond by which the body or any part of it is boundG254 →
- saweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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We have here, I. A prophecy of the binding of Satan for a certain term of time, in which he should have much less power and the church much more peace than before. The power of Satan was broken in part by the setting up of the gospel kingdom in the world; it was further reduced by the empire's becoming Christian;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10