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Satan Bound 1,000 Years

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ahaving the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  
2 He laid hold of athe dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;  
3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and aset a seal on him, bso that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.  

The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years

4 And I saw athrones, and they sat on them, and bjudgment was committed to them. Then I saw cthe souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, dwho had not worshiped the beast eor his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they flived and greigned with Christ for a thousand years.  
5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such athe second death has no power, but they shall be bpriests of God and of Christ, cand shall reign with Him a thousand years.  

Satanic Rebellion Crushed

7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Revelation 20:3

Into the abyss (eiv thn abusson). The one in Revelation 9:1 f. 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 either Satan himself or a kindred power. "Already he has been cast out of Heaven (Revelation 12:9), now he is cast out of the earth, and returns to his own place" (Swete).

Shut it and sealed it (ekleisen kai esfragisen). Effective first aorists active indicative of kleiw and sfragizw.

That he should deceive no more (ina mh planhsh). Negative purpose clause with ina mh and the first aorist active subjunctive of planaw. Glorious relief after the strain of the previous visions of conflict. Small wonder that Christians today cherish this blessed hope whatever the actual meaning may be.

Until should be finished (axri telesqh). Temporal clause of future purpose with axri (as a conjunction like ewv) and the first aorist passive subjunctive of telew. Repeated in verse Revelation 20:5 and see axri and the subjunctive in Revelation 7:3; Revelation 15:8.

He must be loosed (dei luqhnai). Sad necessity, alas, with dei and the first aorist passive infinitive of luw.

For a little time (mikron xronon). Accusative of time. Whatever the thousand years means, it is here said plainly that after it is over the devil will again have power on earth "for a little time."




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 20:3:

Luke 8:31
Revelation 2:25
Revelation 6:11
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 9:1
Revelation 11:18
Revelation 20:7
Revelation 20:8
Revelation 20:10

 

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