Revelation 20:1

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

Revised Version 1895

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

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Cross References

Luke 8:31And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

Jude 1:6And angels which kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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

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