Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Revelation 20:3
Sealed. See on John 3:33.
Must [δ ε ι]. According to God's purpose. See on Matthew 16:21; Luke 2:49; Luke 24:26.
Sealed. See on John 3:33.
Must [δ ε ι]. According to God's purpose. See on Matthew 16:21; Luke 2:49; Luke 24:26.
Verse Revelation 20:3. _HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE_] Be unable to blind men with superstition and idolatry as he had formerly done....
AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT - See the notes on Revelation 9:1. A state of peace and prosperity would exist as if Satan, the great disturber, were confined in the nether world as a prisoner. A...
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...
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-1...
_and shut him up … upon him_ Read, AND SHUT AND SEALED [IT] OVER HIM: the opening of Revelation 9:2 is undone. _he must be loosed_ Revelation 5:7....
ἘΠΆΝΩ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. A has ἐμμενῶς (? = ἐμπεδῶς) αὐτόν. ἜΤΙ ΤᾺ ἜΘΝΗ. 1 cop[753] æth[754] Tyc[755] omit ἔτι. Text. Rec[756] inserts it after ἔθνη. [753] Coptic. [754] Aethiopic Version. [755] Tyconius. [75...
Revelation 20:1-6. THE BINDING OF SATAN. THE FIRST RESURRECTION...
_SATAN IS BOUND REVELATION 20:1-3:_ Revelation twenty provides a look at the final judgment. We observe that Satan falls and that the people of God enjoy victory. The theme of the book of Revelation c...
ΈΒΑΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, ΈΚΛΕΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΛΕΊΩ (G2808) закрывать, запирать. _Aor._ обозначает завершенное действие, ΈΣΦΡΆΓΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΖΩ (G497...
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...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 65 Text Revelation 20:1-3 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old...
_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...
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loos...
__ Temple Section-The Great Dinner 11 Contrast this scene with His entry into Jerusalem (Mat_21:1-9 etc.). There He presented Himself as their _ King_, lowly, and mounted as any poor peasant would r...
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS the devil will be bound and shut up in the abode of spiritual evil (the 'abyss,' see on Revelation 9:1, not 'the lake of fire,' which is the place of final punishment, see on Reve...
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...
HIM UP] RV 'it.' SET A SEAL UPON HIM] RV 'sealed it over him.' DECEIVE] i.e. into attacking the Church: cp. Revelation 20:8; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 19:20;...
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...
AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT... — Rather, _and cast him into the abyss_ (same word as in Revelation 20:1), _and locked and sealed_ (_the door or mouth_)_ above him, that he may not deceive 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...
The dragon is flung by an angel, not by God or messiah, into the pit of the abyss which formed his original haunt (_cf._ on Revelation 9:1), and there locked up, like an Arabian jin, so as to leave th...
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...
THE BINDING OF SATAN One of God's angelic messengers is portrayed as being sent down from heaven with a key to the abyss. In the New Testament, “abyss” is particularly used of the abode of demons and...
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations (4) no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be l...
(1) And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. (2) And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, a...
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...
AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT,.... Or deep, into which the devils desired they might not be sent, and which they dreaded as a torment, it may be, because a place of confinement, Luke 8:31 for t...
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loose...
_And I saw an angel_ An especial minister of Providence; _come down from heaven_ With a commission from God; _having the key of the bottomless pit_ Invested with power to open or to shut it; see on Re...
THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE; not be permitted to have influence over men, to seduce them into error, tempt them to sin, or afflict them by persecution. HE MUST BE LOOSED; again suffered...
AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND SHUT HIM UP, AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED; AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED...
OF THE DRAGON BOUND AND LOOSED, OF GOG AND MAGOG, AND OF THE LAST JUDGMENT. Satan's binding for one thousand years:...
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...
_ 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must...
1-3 Here is a vision, showing by a figure the restraints laid on Satan himself. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving mankind as he has hitherto done. He never wants power an...
AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; that is, into hell, his proper place: he shall no longer, or at least not till these thousand years be expired, exercise his power, as _prince of the power of the...
Tertullian Against Hermogenes -having been first "cast into the bottomless pit; "[110]...
Revelation 20:3 and G2532 cast G906 (G5627) him G846 into G1519 pit G12 and G2532 shut G2808 him...
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...
‘And I saw an angel coming down out of Heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand, and he laid hold on the monster, the old Serpent who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for...
Revelation 20:3. AND EAST HIM INTO THE ABYSS, _i.e_ into the place to which he naturally belongs. AND SHUT IT. The angel closed the door of which he has the key, doubtless at the same time locking i...
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...
INTO THE ABYSS (εις την αβυσσον). The one in Revelation 9:1 and the one spoken of by the legion of demons in Luke 8:31 under the charge of the angel of the abyss (Apollyon, Revelation 9:11) who is e...
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...
AND TIED HIM UP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. Christ broke the power of Satan by dying on the cross (Luke 9:31)_. In the vision,_ we see Satan tied up with a heavy chain, thrown into the abyss, which is then...
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
John saw an angel come down from heaven with the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on Satan and bound him for a thousand years and cast him into the bottomless...
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...
_3. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, AND SHUT HIM UP, AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE L...
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...
2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Peter 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:9;...
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...
And set a seal upon him — How far these expressions are to be taken literally, how far figuratively only, who can tell? That he might deceive the nations no more — One benefit only is here expressed,...