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Revelation 20:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


Revelation 20:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 20:119 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
AndwordG2532
εἶδονeidon
I sawverbG3708
ἄγγελονangelon
an angelnounG32
καταβαίνονταkatabainonta
descendingverbG2597
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
οὐρανοῦouranou
heavennounG3772
ἔχονταechonta
holdingverbG2192
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
κλεῖνklein
keynounG2807
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἀβύσσουabyssou
AbyssnounG12
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἅλυσινhalysin
a chainnounG254
μεγάληνmegalēn
greatadjectiveG3173
ἐπὶepi
inprepositionG1909
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
χεῖραcheira
handnounG5495
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 20:1

“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a chain in his hand. And he held the dragon, that old serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed a little season.” Those years wherein Satan is bound are in the first advent of…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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