Revelation 20:2

LAID HOLD ON. Greek. _krateo._ Compare App-172. ON. of. DRAGON. See Revelation 12:3. THAT. the. SATAN. The texts add "the". See App-19. THOUSAND YEARS. i.e. the millennium.... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:3

HIM. Greek."it" (the pit). SET, &C. Literally sealed _it_ over him. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ SHOULD, &C.. should not (App-105) deceive (App-128). MORE. longer. FULFILLED. Compare App-125. AND. Omit. AFTER THAT. Greek. _meta tauta,_ as Revelation 1:19 (hereafter). SEASON. time. Gre... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:4

THEY. i.e. the Father and Christ (Revelation 3:21), and the heavenly beings associated with them as assessors (Revelation 1:4. and compare Matthew 25:31; 1 Timothy 5:21). UPON. App-104. JUDGMENT. App-177. WAS GIVEN. i.e. not judging or ruling authority, but sentence, or pronouncement, or award in... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:5

BUT. The texts omit. THE REST, &C. The texts read "the rest of the dead lived not until (i.e. again until)", which presumes that "the rest of the dead" are not living during the thousand years. THE REST. App-124. Occurs: Romans 11:7; 1 Corinthians 15:37 (other). 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (others); &c.... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:6

BLESSED. Greek. _makarios._ Forty-eighth occurances in N.T. IN. App-104. ON SUCH. over (App-104.) these. POWER. App-172. PRIESTS. See Revelation 1:6. A. Some texts read "the". The "first resurrection" is the _former of_ the two resurrections referred to in this passage. It is the antithesis of t... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:8

QUARTERS. As Revelation 7:1 (corners). EARTH. App-129.4. GOG AND MAGOG. Here, apparently an inclusive term for _all_ the Gentile nations; East (Gog) and West (Magog). The destruction of Gog and Magog, Ezekiel 39, is pre-millennial. See Rev 39:25. BATTLE. the war. The texts add the article. Refere... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:9

EARTH. App-129. Compare Isaiah 8:8 and Habakkuk 1:6. SAINTS. See Daniel 7:18; Daniel 7:27; Acts 9:13. BELOVED. App-135. DEVOURED. As Revelation 12:4.... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:10

LAKE, &C. See Revelation 19:20. WHERE. The texts add "also". BEAST, FALSE PROPHET. See Revelation 19:20. ARE. No verb. Read "were", or "were cast". AND. Add "they". TORMENTED. Last of five occurances in Rev. Compare Revelation 9:5. FOR EVER, &C. App-151. a.... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:11

GREAT. That in Revelation 4:2 was seen by John in heaven; this on earth. WHITE. Indicating holiness and righteousness. No adjuncts mentioned. Only one throne and one Judge.... [ Continue Reading ]

Revelation 20:12

THE DEAD. Those of Revelation 20:5. See App-139. SMALL, &C. Read "the great and the small". STAND. standing. GOD. The texts read "the throne". THE. Omit. LIFE. App-170. JUDGED. App-122. THOSE. the.... [ Continue Reading ]

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