Revelation 20:1
And I saw an Angel, descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a great chain.
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Luke 8:31And they petitioned him not to order them to go into the abyss.
Jude 1:6And truly, the Angels, who did not keep to their first place, but instead abandoned their own domiciles, he has reserved with perpetual chains under darkness, unto the great day of judgment.
Revelation 9:1And the fifth Angel sounded the trumpet. And I saw upon the earth, a star that had fallen from heaven, and the key to the well of the abyss was given to him.
Revelation 18:1And after these things, I saw another Angel, descending from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by 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 →