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Revelation 20
New International Version

### The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(D) and bound him for a thousand years.(E) 3 He threw him into the Abyss,(F) and locked and sealed(G) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(H) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

4 I saw thrones(I) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.(J) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded(K) because of their testimony about Jesus(L) and because of the word of God.(M) They[a] had not worshiped the beast(N) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.(O) They came to life and reigned(P) with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.(Q) 6 Blessed(R) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death(S) has no power over them, but they will be priests(T) of God and of Christ and will reign with him(U) for a thousand years.

### The Judgment of Satan

7 When the thousand years are over,(V) Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations(W) in the four corners of the earth(X)—Gog and Magog(Y)—and to gather them for battle.(Z) In number they are like the sand on the seashore.(AA) 9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded(AB) the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.(AC) But fire came down from heaven(AD) and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who deceived them,(AE) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,(AF) where the beast(AG) and the false prophet(AH) had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.(AI)

### The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(AJ) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(AK) and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(AL) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(AM) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(AN) The dead were judged(AO) according to what they had done(AP) as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(AQ) gave up the dead(AR) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(AS) 14 Then death(AT) and Hades(AU) were thrown into the lake of fire.(AV) The lake of fire is the second death.(AW) 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life(AX) was thrown into the lake of fire.

#### Footnotes

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

#### Cross references

1. Revelation 20:1 : Rev 10:1; 18:1
2. Revelation 20:1 : Rev 1:18
3. Revelation 20:1 : S Lk 8:31
4. Revelation 20:2 : S Mt 4:10
5. Revelation 20:2 : Isa 24:22; S 2Pe 2:4
6. Revelation 20:3 : ver 1
7. Revelation 20:3 : Da 6:17; Mt 27:66
8. Revelation 20:3 : ver 8, 10; Rev 12:9
9. Revelation 20:4 : Da 7:9
10. Revelation 20:4 : Mt 19:28; Rev 3:21
11. Revelation 20:4 : Rev 6:9
12. Revelation 20:4 : S Rev 1:2
13. Revelation 20:4 : S Heb 4:12
14. Revelation 20:4 : S Rev 13:12
15. Revelation 20:4 : S Rev 13:16
16. Revelation 20:4 : ver 6; Rev 22:5
17. Revelation 20:5 : ver 6; Lk 14:14; Php 3:11; 1Th 4:16
18. Revelation 20:6 : Rev 14:13
19. Revelation 20:6 : S Rev 2:11
20. Revelation 20:6 : S 1Pe 2:5
21. Revelation 20:6 : ver 4; Rev 22:5
22. Revelation 20:7 : ver 2
23. Revelation 20:8 : ver 3, 10; Rev 12:9
24. Revelation 20:8 : Isa 11:12; Eze 7:2; Rev 7:1
25. Revelation 20:8 : Eze 38:2; 39:1
26. Revelation 20:8 : S Rev 16:14
27. Revelation 20:8 : Eze 38:9, 15; Heb 11:12
28. Revelation 20:9 : Eze 38:9, 16
29. Revelation 20:9 : Ps 87:2
30. Revelation 20:9 : Eze 38:22; 39:6; S Rev 13:13
31. Revelation 20:10 : ver 3, 8; Rev 12:9; 19:20
32. Revelation 20:10 : S Rev 9:17
33. Revelation 20:10 : Rev 16:13
34. Revelation 20:10 : Rev 16:13
35. Revelation 20:10 : Rev 14:10, 11
36. Revelation 20:11 : S Rev 4:2
37. Revelation 20:11 : S Rev 6:14
38. Revelation 20:12 : S Rev 19:5
39. Revelation 20:12 : Da 7:10
40. Revelation 20:12 : ver 15; Ex 32:32; Dt 29:20; Da 12:1; Mal 3:16; Lk 10:20; Rev 3:5; 21:27
41. Revelation 20:12 : Rev 11:18
42. Revelation 20:12 : Jer 17:10; S Mt 16:27
43. Revelation 20:13 : Rev 1:18; 6:8
44. Revelation 20:13 : Isa 26:19
45. Revelation 20:13 : S Mt 16:27
46. Revelation 20:14 : 1Co 15:26
47. Revelation 20:14 : ver 13
48. Revelation 20:14 : S Rev 19:20
49. Revelation 20:14 : S Rev 2:11
50. Revelation 20:15 : S ver 12

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