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Revelation 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.


Revelation 20:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 20:330 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἔβαλενebalen
he castverbG906
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἄβυσσονabysson
AbyssnounG12
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἔκλεισενekleisen
shutverbG2808
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐσφράγισενesphragisen
sealed itverbG4972
ἐπάνωepanō
overprepositionG1883
αὐτοῦautou
himpronounG846
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
πλανήσῃplanēsē
go astray, deceive, errverbG4105
ἔτιeti
any longeradverbG2089
τὰta
thearticleG3588
ἔθνηethnē
nationsnounG1484
ἄχριachri
untilwordG891
τελεσθῇtelesthē
may be completedverbG5055
τὰta
thearticleG3588
χίλιαchilia
thousandadjectiveG5507
ἔτηetē
yearsnounG2094
μετὰmeta
After theseprepositionG3326
ταῦταtauta
thingsdemonstrativeG3778
δεῖdei
bind, be in bonds, knitverbG1210
λυθῆναιlythēnai
to be releasedverbG3089
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
μικρὸνmikron
for a littleadjectiveG3398
χρόνονchronon
timenounG5550
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 20:3

“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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