Revelation 20:1
And I saw a messenger, coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand;
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Luke 8:31And they were beseeching him that he would not order them, into the abyss, to depart.
Jude 1:6Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved.
Revelation 9:1And, the fifth messenger, sounded; and I saw a star, out of heaven, fallen unto the earth, and there was given unto him the key of the shaft of the abyss.
Revelation 18:1After these things, I saw another messenger, coming down out of heaven,—having great authority; and, the earth, was illumined 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 →