Revelation 20:1

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 laid hold on the dragon the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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Cross References

Luke 8:31And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Jude 1:6And the angels who kept not their principality, but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit.

Revelation 18:1And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened 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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