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Revelation 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


Revelation 20:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 20:516 words
GreekMeaning
οἱhoi
ThearticleG3588
λοιποὶloipoi
restadjectiveG3062
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
νεκρῶνnekrōn
deadadjectiveG3498
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἔζησανezēsan
life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quickverbG2198
ἄχριachri
as far as, for, in(-to)wordG891
τελεσθῇtelesthē
may have been completedverbG5055
τὰta
thearticleG3588
χίλιαchilia
thousandadjectiveG5507
ἔτηetē
yearsnounG2094
αὕτηhautē
This isdemonstrativeG3778
thearticleG3588
ἀνάστασιςanastasis
resurrectionnounG386
thearticleG3588
πρώτηprōtē
firstadjectiveG4413
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 20:5

“And I saw thrones, and them that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of them that were slain on account of the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast nor his image, nor have received his writing on their forehead or in their hand; and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years: the rest of them lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.” There are two…

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