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He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan,[a] and tied it up for a thousand years(A) and threw it into the abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so that it could no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years are completed. After this, it is to be released for a short time.

Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with judgment. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image nor had accepted its mark[b] on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 Dragon…serpent…Satan: see notes on Rev 12:3, 9, 10, 15.
  2. 20:4 Beast…mark: see Rev 13 and its notes.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(A) and bound him for a thousand years.(B) He threw him into the Abyss,(C) and locked and sealed(D) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(E) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

I saw thrones(F) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.(G) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded(H) because of their testimony about Jesus(I) and because of the word of God.(J) They[a] had not worshiped the beast(K) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.(L) They came to life and reigned(M) with Christ a thousand years.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:4 Or God; I also saw those who