20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain ①in his hand.
▷ ①Lit upon
20:2 And he took hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
20:3 and he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
20:4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ①their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
▷ ①Lit the
20:5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
20:7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,
20:8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the ①seashore.
▷ ①Lit sea
20:9 And they came up on the ①broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the ②saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
▷ ①Lit breadth of the earth ②Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
20:10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and ①brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
▷ ①I.e., burning sulfur
20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose ①presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
▷ ①Lit face
20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and ①books were opened; and another ②book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the ③books, according to their deeds.
▷ ①Or scrolls ②Or scroll ③Or scrolls
20:13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged, each one of them according to their deeds.
20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
20:15 And if ①anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
▷ ①Lit anyone was not