Revelation 20:1

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

In Context

2And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

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Cross References

Luke 8:31And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

Jude 1:6And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.

Revelation 9:1And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

Revelation 18:1After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:1

This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy: it is very probable that the things contained in it are not yet accomplished; and therefore it is the wiser way to content ourselves with general observations, rather than to be positive and particular in our explications of it. Here we have an account, I. Of the binding of Satan for a thousand years, ver. 1-3 . II. The reign of the saints with Christ for the same time, ver. 4-6 . III. Of the loosing of Satan, and the conflict of the… Read the whole commentary →

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