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Revelation 20
New King James Version

### Satan Bound 1,000 Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, (A)having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of (B)the 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 (C)set a seal on him, (D)so 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 (E)thrones, and they sat on them, and (F)judgment was committed to them. Then I saw (G)the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, (H)who had not worshiped the beast (I)or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they (J)lived and (K)reigned with Christ for [a]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 (L)the second death has no power, but they shall be (M)priests of God and of Christ, (N)and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

### Satanic Rebellion Crushed(O)

7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out (P)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, (Q)Gog and Magog, (R)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. 9 (S)They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (T)where[b] the beast and the false prophet are. And they (U)will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

### The Great White Throne Judgment

11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face (V)the earth and the heaven fled away. (W)And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, (X)small and great, standing before [c]God, (Y)and books were opened. And another (Z)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (AA)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (AB)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (AC)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (AD)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (AE)This is the second [d]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (AF)was cast into the lake of fire.

#### Footnotes

1. Revelation 20:4 M the
2. Revelation 20:10 NU, M where also
3. Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne
4. Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.

#### Cross references

1. Revelation 20:1 : Rev. 1:18; 9:1
2. Revelation 20:2 : Is. 24:22; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6
3. Revelation 20:3 : Dan. 6:17; Matt. 27:66
4. Revelation 20:3 : Rev. 12:9; 20:8, 10
5. Revelation 20:4 : Dan. 7:9; Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30
6. Revelation 20:4 : Dan. 7:22; [1 Cor. 6:2, 3]
7. Revelation 20:4 : Rev. 6:9
8. Revelation 20:4 : Rev. 13:12
9. Revelation 20:4 : Rev. 13:15
10. Revelation 20:4 : John 14:19
11. Revelation 20:4 : Rom. 8:17; 2 Tim. 2:12
12. Revelation 20:6 : [Rev. 2:11; 20:14]
13. Revelation 20:6 : Is. 61:6; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6
14. Revelation 20:6 : Rev. 20:4
15. Revelation 20:7 : cf. Ezek. 38; 39
16. Revelation 20:8 : Rev. 12:9; 20:3, 10
17. Revelation 20:8 : Ezek. 38:2; 39:1, 6
18. Revelation 20:8 : Rev. 16:14
19. Revelation 20:9 : Is. 8:8; Ezek. 38:9, 16
20. Revelation 20:10 : Rev. 19:20; 20:14, 15
21. Revelation 20:10 : Rev. 14:10
22. Revelation 20:11 : 2 Pet. 3:7; Rev. 21:1
23. Revelation 20:11 : Dan. 2:35; Rev. 12:8
24. Revelation 20:12 : Rev. 19:5
25. Revelation 20:12 : Dan. 7:10
26. Revelation 20:12 : Ps. 69:28; Dan. 12:1; Phil. 4:3; Rev. 3:5
27. Revelation 20:12 : Jer. 17:10; Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6; Rev. 2:23; 20:12
28. Revelation 20:13 : 1 Cor. 15:26; Rev. 1:18; 6:8; 21:4
29. Revelation 20:13 : Matt. 16:27; Rev. 2:23; 20:12
30. Revelation 20:14 : 1 Cor. 15:26; Rev. 1:18; 6:8; 21:4
31. Revelation 20:14 : Rev. 21:8
32. Revelation 20:15 : Rev. 19:20

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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