Revelation 20:1

AND I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 of the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the deceiver, and Satana, who seduced all the habitable world, and bound him a thousand years;

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Cross References

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

Jude 1:6And the angels who kept not their primacy, but left their habitation, unto the judgment of the great day in chains unknown, under darkness, he hath kept.

Revelation 9:1AND the Fifth angel sounded. And I saw a star which fell from heaven unto the earth and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.

Revelation 18:1AFTER these I saw another angel descending from heaven, having great power; and the earth brightened 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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