Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 20:6
They shall be priests of God and of Christ — Therefore Christ is God. And shall reign with him — With Christ, a thousand years.
They shall be priests of God and of Christ — Therefore Christ is God. And shall reign with him — With Christ, a thousand years.
REVELATION 20:6 @ta,# {C} The external evidence for the presence of the article ta, before ci,lia e;th (a 046 about thirty minuscules copsa, bo) is almost evenly balanced by the evidence for its abse...
Verse Revelation 20:6. _BLESSED_] μακαριος Happy. _And holy_; he _was_ holy, and therefore he suffered for the testimony of Jesus in the time when nothing but _holiness_ was called to such a trial. _...
BLESSED - That is, his condition is to be regarded as a happy or a favored one. This is designed apparently to support and encourage those who, in the time of John, suffered persecution, or who might...
CHAPTER S 19-20:6 The Manifestation of the King and the Millennium _ 1. Heavenly hallelujahs and the marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1)_ 2. Heaven opened and His visible manifestation (Revelati...
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM. Revelation 20:1. key of the abyss: Revelation 9:1 *. CHAIN: _i.e_. manacle or handcuff. Revelation 20:2. dragon:...
THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST AND THE SAINTS (Revelation 20:1-15) Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the foundation document of Millennarianism or Chili...
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 resurrect...
_Blessed and holy_&c. He is sure of eternal blessedness, absolutely and indefeasibly consecrated to God. "Holy" refers to the relation to God into which this brings him, not to the foregoing faithfuln...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. א has καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ. 6. ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ ΚΑῚ ἍΓΙΟΣ. He is sure of eternal blessedness, absolutely and indefeasibly consecrated to God. “Holy” refers to the relation to God into which this brings h...
Revelation 20:1-6. THE BINDING OF SATAN. THE FIRST RESURRECTION...
_SAINTS OF GOD REIGN REVELATION 20:4-6:_ God gives great comfort to His people by showing that the departed saints will reign with Him. "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was giv...
ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ (G3107) счастливый, блаженный. ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, Ό ΔΕΎΤΕΡΟΣ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΣ (G1208; G2288) вторая смерть. Это может быть духовной смертью после смерти физической...
DISCOURSE: 2527 THE FIRST RESURRECTION Revelation 20:6. _Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection_. RESPECTING the events spoken of in my text, and which are generally known un...
AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVENS &C.— After the destruction of the beast, and the false prophet,there still remains the _dragon,_ who had delegated his power unto them; _that old serpent, whi...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XX THE THOUSAND YEARS _Text (Revelation 20:1-15)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his ha...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 66 Text Revelation 20:4-6 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimon...
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years....
__ Temple Section-The Former Resurrection 4 Those who have suffered death for their loyalty during the great persecutions of the end time are especially included in the former resurrection. This is...
20:6 power; (h-19) _ Exousia_ , right or title; by adding 'over' we get the full sense....
SATAN CONQUERED. THE LAST JUDGMENT In this chapter the visions of the overthrow of Christ's enemies are continued. The devil is bound for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1); the martyrs reign with Christ f...
PRIESTS] cp. Revelation 1:6 note, Revelation 5:10....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 20 THE RULE OF CHRIST - REVELATION 20:1-15 THE *ANGEL BINDS *SATAN - REVELATION 20:1-3...
BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH.... — This is one of the benedictions of the Apocalypse. The blessing on those who have part or share in the first resurrection has this definite feature. On these the...
CHAPTER XVI. JUDGMENT OF SATAN AND OF THE WICKED. Revelation 20:1. IN now approaching chap. 20, with its yet unsolved difficulties of interpretation, it is of essential importance to observe, in the...
An interpolated explanation of the preceding vision. Ἅγιος, if a continuation of μακ., must almost be taken in its archaic sense of ‘belonging to God”. The ordinary meaning reduces the phrase to a hys...
THE MILLENNIAL REIGN Revelation 20:1 In the preceding chapter the beast and the false prophet are depicted as meeting their punishment in the lake of fire. In this, the devil, death, and Hades are co...
Victory having been gained over the earthly manifestation of godlessness, it remains to deal with the power lying behind. The archenemy is described as "the dragon," "the old serpent," "the devil," an...
They are blessed because they are resting from their labors (Revelation 14:13) and are living and reigning with Christ. They are pure, or holy, because Jesus' blood has cleansed them. They will not be...
Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the (12) second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, (13) and shall reign with him a thousand...
(4) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not wor...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
A Thousand Years I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS victorious at the battle of Armageddon! 1. All those that opposed the lord and His saints were killed and a...
We now come, evil power having been set aside, to the exercise of judicial authority in peace; and this is conferred on the saints. The prophet does not merely see the thrones as set in Daniel 7., but...
BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION,.... This may be considered either as descriptive of the persons that shall partake of this privilege; as that they are only such who ar...
Blessed and holy _is_ he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. V...
_And I saw thrones_ Such as were promised to the apostles, Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; _and they_ Namely, the saints, whom St. John saw at the same time; _sat upon them, and judgment was given to them_...
Result of Gospel-preaching in the New Testament era:...
BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION; ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST, AND SHALL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. Here...
SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS Though the Beast and the False Prophet have been (inRevelation 19:1) consigned to the Lake of Fire, the wicked spirit Satan who influenced them is not immediately sent there...
_ 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years._...
4-6 Here is an account of the reign of the saints, for the same space of time as Satan is bound. Those who suffer with Christ, shall reign with him in his spiritual and heavenly kingdom, in conformit...
That is, they only are holy ones that shall be thus restored to share in the church's happiness, and such as shall not perish eternally; but they shall be as priests to God and Christ, glorifying him...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Again John also says the very same in the Apocalypse: "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection."[307] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Frag...
Revelation 20:6 Blessed G3107 and G2532 holy G40 has G2192 (G5723) part G3313 in G1722 first G4413 resurrection
VISION 8 THE HISTORY OF SATAN AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD (REVELATION 20:1). This passage is of special significance. Indeed it determines greatly what view we take of the whole overall doctrine of the Sec...
Revelation 20:6. BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION. In chap. Revelation 19:9 _all_ believers were pronounced ‘blessed,' and the word ‘holy' denotes the consecration that...
It is unnecessary to say anything of the difficulties attending the interpretation of the passage upon which we now enter, or to bespeak the indulgence of the reader. Let it be enough in the meantime...
BLESSED AND HOLY (μακαριος κα αγιος). A fifth beatitude (Revelation 1:3; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 16:15; Revelation...
CONTENTS: Satan bound for the Kingdom age. The first resurrection. Satan loosed at the end of the millenium, and his final doom. Judgment of the great White Throne. CONCLUSION: When the Tribulation da...
Revelation 20:1. _I saw an angel come down from heaven,_ the high sheriff, as it were, with a divine commission, probably the same angel who had descended with glory like a morning star, and unlocked...
THEN I SAW THRONES. Note that the Second Coming of Christ does not take place until Revelation 20:11_. In the vision,_ John sees the _souls_ (not bodies) of those who have killed (executed) for their...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 20:6 SECOND DEATH. The wicked are returned to bodily existence and condemned for their evil deeds. They will be cast into the lake of fire forever (vv....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 20:1 These verses, the last of three “interludes” in Revelation 1:1 (see note on 7:1–17), are among the most controversia
"And I saw thrones." This is a new vision, indicated by the words, 'and I saw,' which expression indicates the transition from one scene to another. "Thrones," where were they? In every other place in...
THE THOUSAND YEARS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ EMINENT expositors, ancient and modern, regard the opening of this chapter as referring to an early period in the history of the Church, but there a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 20:1 AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _coming down out of heaven. _The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of...
_6 BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION: ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, BUT THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST, AND SHALL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS._...
I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand (Revelation 20:1). Now, earlier under the fifth trumpet there was a fallen angel that had the k...
1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Timothy 2:12; Daniel 12:12; Isaiah 4:3;...
Hath part [ε χ ω ν μ ε ρ ο ς]. A phrase peculiar to John as referring to a person. Compare John 13:8. Second death. See on ch. Revelation 2:11....
THE FIRST AND LAST RESURRECTIONS Revelation 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Perhaps we had better take up briefly the various judgments as preparatory for the study of the first and last resurrections. The...