Revelation 20:7-10 ESV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 20:10

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.And the devil ... was cast into the lake of fire ... This is the hell of which Jesus so often spoke, and concerning which he revealed it is prepared, not for man, but for Satan and his angels (Matthew 25:41). Alas, men also shall suffer therein, but God never intended that it should be so. Christ spread wide... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 20:7

Revelation 20:7.— The following verses of this chapter to Revelation 20:11. inform us, that the happy days of the church, prophesied of in the foregoing vision, will at length have their period: though they are to continue for a long time, and are not to expire till after a thousand years: yetthen there shall be one attempt more against the purity of religion, and against the peace and prosperity of the church. Satan is to be released for a little time, or season; but in that little season he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 20:7-10

Revelation 20:7-10. When the thousand years are expired, &c.— At the expiration of the thousand years, the restraint will be taken off from wickedness,—Satan shall be loosed, and make one effort more to re-establish his kingdom. As he deceived our first parents in Paradise, so he will have the artifice to deceive the nations after the millennium, to shew, that no state or condition on earth is secured from sinning. The nations whom he shall deceive, are described as living in the remotest... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:7

7. expired—Greek, "finished." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:8

8. Gog and Magog— ( :-; see on :-). Magog is a general name for northern nations of Japheth's posterity, whose ideal head is Gog (Genesis 10:2). A has but one Greek article to "Gog and Magog," whereby the two, namely, the prince and the people, are marked as having the closest connection. B reads the second article before Magog wrongly. HILLER [Onomasticon] explains both words as signifying "lofty," "elevated." For "quarters" the Greek is "corners." to battle—Greek, "to the war," in A and B.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:9

9. on the breadth of the earth—so as completely to overspread it. Perhaps we ought to translate, ". . . of the [holy] land." the camp of the saints and the beloved city—the camp of the saints encircling the beloved city, Jerusalem (Ecclesiasticus 24:11). Contrast "hateful" in Babylon (Revelation 18:2; Deuteronomy 32:15, Septuagint). Ezekiel's prophecy of Gog and Magog (Deuteronomy 32:15- :) refers to the attack made by Antichrist on Israel before the millennium: but this attack is made after... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:10

10. that deceived—Greek, "that deceiveth." lake of fire—his final doom: as "the bottomless pit" ( :-) was his temporary prison. where—so Coptic. But A, B, Vulgate, and Syriac read, "where also." the beast and the false prophet are— (Revelation 19:20). day and night—figurative for without intermission (Revelation 19:20- :), such as now is caused by night interposing between day and day. The same phrase is used of the external state of the blessed (Revelation 4:8). As the bliss of these is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:7

At the end of the Millennium God will release Satan from the abyss (cf. 1 Peter 3:19). Two reasons are implied in the text: to demonstrate the incorrigibility of Satan, and to demonstrate the depravity of humanity. [Note: See David J. MacLeod, "The Fifth ’Last Thing’: The Release of Satan and Man’s Final Rebellion (Revelation 20:7-10)," Bibliotheca Sacra 157:626 (April-June 2000):204-5.] God may use an angelic agent for this purpose (cf. Revelation 20:1-3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:7-10

3. The final judgment of Satan 20:7-10 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:8

The devil will then resume his former work of deceiving the nations (Revelation 20:3) into thinking they will be better off submitting to his authority than to Jesus Christ’s (cf. Genesis 3; Matthew 4). He will eventually gather innumerable soldiers from all parts of the world to fight against Jesus Christ (cf. Revelation 7:1; Isaiah 11:2; Ezekiel 38:3-6; Ezekiel 39:1-2)."At the close of the Millennium, Satan will be released from the pit and permitted to lead one last revolt against the Lord.... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 20:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 20:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 20:7-10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:7-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:8

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