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Revelation 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.


Revelation 20:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 20:1238 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
εἶδονeidon
behold, perceive, seeverbG3708
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
νεκρούςnekrous
deadadjectiveG3498
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
μεγάλουςmegalous
greatadjectiveG3173
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
μικρούςmikrous
smalladjectiveG3398
ἑστῶταςhestōtas
standingverbG2476
ἐνώπιονenōpion
beforeprepositionG1799
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θρόνουthronou
thronenounG2362
καὶkai
andwordG2532
βιβλίαbiblia
booksnounG975
ἠνοίχθησανēnoichthēsan
openverbG455
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἄλλοallo
anotheradjectiveG243
βιβλίονbiblion
booknounG975
ἠνοίχθηēnoichthē
openverbG455
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
τῆςtēs
the onearticleG3588
ζωῆςzōēs
of lifenounG2222
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐκρίθησανekrithēsan
were judgedverbG2919
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
νεκροὶnekroi
deadadjectiveG3498
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τῶνtōn
the thingsarticleG3588
γεγραμμένωνgegrammenōn
writtenverbG1125
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τοῖςtois
thearticleG3588
βιβλίοιςbibliois
booksnounG975
κατὰkata
according toprepositionG2596
τὰta
thearticleG3588
ἔργαerga
deedsnounG2041
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 20:12

“And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” This belongs to the last judgment. And after a little time the earth was made holy, as being at least that wherein lately had…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Lena HoffmannNote3mo ago
The Books Were Opened
I'm a judge, and the image of God opening books in which everything is recorded - every deed - haunts me. I sentence people to prison. I hold their fates in my hands in some very real way. But John's...
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