Revelation 20:1

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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, who is the old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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Cross References

Luke 8:31And he continued to intreat Him that He should not command them to depart into the abyss.

Jude 1:6and the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, has he kept in eternal chains unto darkness unto the judgment of the great day:

Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star having fallen from the heaven to the earth; and the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him.

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