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Revelation 20:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,


Revelation 20:2Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 20:219 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐκράτησενekratēsen
he seizedverbG2902
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
δράκονταdrakonta
dragonnounG1404
ho
whoarticleG3588
ὄφιςophis
isnounG3789
ho
the devilarticleG3588
ἀρχαῖοςarchaios
andadjectiveG744
ὅςhos
Satanrelative pronounG3739
ἐστινestin
whoverbG1510
ΔιάβολοςDiabolos
is deceivingadjectiveG1228
καὶkai
thewordG2532
ho
worldarticleG3588
ΣατανᾶςSatanas
allnounG4567
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἔδησενedēsen
boundverbG1210
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
χίλιαchilia
for a thousandadjectiveG5507
ἔτηetē
yearsnounG2094
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 20:2

“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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