Revelation 20 (NET)

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Revelation 20:1¹Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 1:18 2 Pet 2:4 Jude 1:6 Rev 9:1-2 Rev 10:1 Rev 18:1 Luke 8:31

Revelation 20:2²He seized the dragon—the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan—and tied him up for a thousand years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:4 Rev 12:9 Isa 27:1 John 12:31 Jude 1:6 Gen 3:15 1 Pet 5:8 Heb 2:14 Job 2:1-2 John 16:11

Revelation 20:3³The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 17:8 Rev 20:1 2 Thess 2:9-11 Dan 6:17 Rev 12:9 2 Cor 11:3 Matt 27:66 Rev 20:7-10 2 Cor 11:13-15 Ps 90:4

Revelation 20:4⁴Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 7:27 Dan 7:18 1 Cor 6:2-3 Matt 19:28 2 Tim 2:12 Rev 3:21 Rev 6:9 Dan 7:22 Rev 20:6 Dan 7:9

Revelation 20:5⁵(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 3:11 Ezek 37:2-14 Luke 14:14 Rev 11:15 Rev 11:11 Rom 11:15 Rev 19:20-21 Rev 20:8-9

Revelation 20:6⁶Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 2:11 Rev 1:6 1 Pet 2:9 2 Tim 2:12 Rev 5:10 Rev 20:14 Dan 12:12 Rom 8:17 Rev 14:13 Rev 20:4-5

Revelation 20:7⁷Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prisonCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 20:2

Revelation 20:8⁸and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 38:1-39:1 Rev 16:14 Rev 20:10 Rev 20:3 Heb 11:12 Isa 10:22 Jer 33:22 1 Sam 13:5 Judg 7:12 1 Kgs 4:20

Revelation 20:9⁹They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 38:16 Ezek 39:6 Ezek 38:22 Ezek 38:9 2 Thess 1:8 Ps 106:18 Ps 125:1-2 Ps 97:3 2 Kgs 1:10-15 Exod 9:23-24

Revelation 20:10¹⁰And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 25:41 Rev 19:20 Matt 25:46 Rev 20:14-15 Rev 20:2-3 Rev 20:8 Rev 14:10-11 Rev 16:13

Revelation 20:11¹¹Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 21:1 2 Pet 3:7 Dan 2:35 Matt 25:31 2 Pet 3:10-12 Rom 2:5 Acts 17:30-31 Jer 4:23-26 Matt 24:35 Ps 9:7-8

Revelation 20:12¹²And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened—the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:10 Matt 16:27 Dan 7:10 Eccl 12:14 Rev 2:23 Jer 17:10 Rev 22:12 Rev 11:18 Rev 3:5 Rom 14:10-12

Revelation 20:13¹³The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 5:28-29 Rev 6:8 Hos 13:14 1 Cor 15:50-58 Isa 26:19 Rev 20:12 Rev 20:14 Rev 1:18

Revelation 20:14¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:26 Rev 20:6 Rev 21:8 Rev 1:18 Rev 19:20 Hos 13:14 Rev 20:10 Rev 20:13 Rev 21:4 1 Cor 15:53

Revelation 20:15¹⁵If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:36 Matt 13:50 1 John 5:11-12 Acts 4:12 John 14:6 Matt 25:41 Heb 12:25 Heb 2:3 John 3:18-19 Rev 19:20

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