Revelation 20:3

and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and put his seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years may be fulfilled: after these it behooves him to be loosed a little season.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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.

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,

4And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:66And having gone, they secured the tomb, sealing the stone, with the guard.

2 Corinthians 11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2 Peter 3:8But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Revelation 13:14And he deceives those dwelling upon the earth through the signs which it was given unto him to perform in the presence of the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who had the wound of the sword, and did live.

Revelation 17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those dwelling upon the earth were made drunk from the wine of her fornication.

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 →

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