Revelation 20:10-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 20:1-10

We have here, I. A prophecy of the binding of Satan for a certain term of time, in which he should have much less power and the church much more peace than before. The power of Satan was broken in part by the setting up of the gospel kingdom in the world; it was further reduced by the empire's becoming Christian; it was yet further broken by the downfall of the mystical Babylon; but still this serpent had many heads, and, when one is wounded, another has life remaining in it. Here we have a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 20:11-15

The utter destruction of the devil's kingdom very properly leads to an account of the day of judgment, which will determine every man's everlasting state; and we may be assured there will be a judgment when we see the prince of this world is judged, John 16:11. This will be a great day, the great day, when all shall appear before the judgment-seat of Christ. The Lord help us firmly to believe this doctrine of the judgment to come. It is a doctrine that made Felix tremble. Here we have a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 20:1-15

Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the foundation document of Millennarianism or Chiliasm, it will be better to read it as a whole before we deal with it in detail. 20:1-15 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss, and with a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a 3 thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and locked him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:10

And the devil that deceived them ,.... Both before death, in the present life, by tempting and drawing them into immorality and profaneness, or idolatry, superstition, and will worship, or persecution of the saints; and after their resurrection, by instigating them to make this foolish attempt upon the saints of the most High: was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone ; the same with the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; this will be his full torment, in which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne ,.... This vision refers not to the Gospel dispensation, from the exaltation of Christ to his second coming; when he sat down on his throne at the right hand of God, and was declared Lord and Christ; when there was a shaking of the heavens and the earth, a removing of the Mosaic economy, and the ordinances of the ceremonial law in Judea, and of Paganism in the Gentile world; when the Gospel was preached to all nations, and the dead in sins were quickened, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead ,.... An account being given of the Judge, next the persons to be judged are described, and in this clause, by the state and condition in which they had been; for it cannot be thought they were dead when they stood before the throne, but were raised from the dead; for this character is not descriptive of them as dead in trespasses and sins, though they are such as die in their sins, and rise in them, who are meant, but as having been corporeally dead; these are the rest of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:13

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it ,.... Which is not to be interpreted metaphorically of the world, and the men of it, who are like the troubled sea; but literally of the sea, and of all such who have been drowned in the waters of it, as were Pharaoh and his host; or have died upon the mighty waters, and have been cast into them, and devoured by the fishes; and particular regard may be had to the men of the old world, drowned by the flood; these shall be raised from thence; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:14

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire ,.... Death cannot be taken properly, nor hell be the place of torment, for devils and damned spirits; since that is that lake of fire, for then the sense would be, hell is cast into hell; but either by these the devil is meant, who has the power of death, and is the prince of hell, were it not that the casting of him into this lake is mentioned before in Revelation 20:10 or it denotes the destruction and abolition of death and the grave,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:15

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life ,.... Upon the opening of it, Revelation 20:12 as all that worship the beast, and wonder after him, Revelation 13:8 and all wicked men, everyone of them: was cast into the lake of fire ; where are the devil, beast, and false prophet, Revelation 19:20 . It is a saying of R. Isaac F13 Tosaphta in Zohar in Gen. fol. 78. 2. , "woe to the wicked, who are not written בפתקא , "in the book", for they shall perish in hell for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:10

And the devil - was cast onto the lake - Before Satan was bound, that is, his power was curtailed and restrained; now, he is cast into the lake of fire, his power being totally taken away. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 20:1-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 20:11-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 20:1-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:10

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