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Revelation 20:1-2 KJV
Revelation · chapter 20 · verses 1–2
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,Revelation 20:1-2 · King James Version
Revelation 20:1-2 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.
4And 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- thousandchilioia thousandG5507 →
- serpentophissnake, serpent, with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom. The…G3789 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
- dragondrakōna dragon, a great serpent, a name for SatanG1404 →
- 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 →
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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