Revelation 20:1
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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Luke 8:31So they besought Jesus not to command them to go away into the abyss.
Jude 1:6while the angels who did not keep their first domain but left their proper abode, are held by him in blank darkness, in everlasting chains, in preparation for the judgment of the Great Day.
Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven upon the earth; and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, who had great authority; and the earth was illumined 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 →