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12 I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done [[a]their whole way of feeling and acting, their aims and endeavors] in accordance with what was recorded in the books.

13 And the sea delivered up the dead who were in it, death and Hades ([b]the state of death or disembodied existence) surrendered the dead in them, and all were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their motives, aims, and works].

14 Then death and Hades ([c]the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Revelation 20:13 James Orr et al., eds., The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
  3. Revelation 20:14 James Orr et al., eds., The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

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