Revelation 20:2
And 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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Job 1:7And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
Ezekiel 47:5Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
Matthew 19:29And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
Luke 11:20But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
John 16:11Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:2-11
The Binding of Satan. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And 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. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat… Read the whole commentary →