Revelation 20:12-15 NIV

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 20:12

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 20:12

The dead, small and great - All ranks, degrees, and conditions of men. This description seems to refer to Daniel 7:9 , Daniel 7:10 . And the books were opened - See Daniel 12:1 . "Rab. Jehuda said: All the actions of men, whether good or bad, are written in a book, and of all they shall give account." - Sohar Gen., fol. 79, col. 298. "How careful should men be to shun vice, and to act uprightly before the holy blessed God, seeing there are so many which go throughout the earth, see... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead - Those who had been drowned in it, and those millions slain in naval contests, who had no other grave. And death - All who died by any kind of disease. Death is here personified, and represented as a keeper of defunct human beings; probably no more than earth or the grave is meant, as properly belonging to the empire of death. And hell - Ἁιδης , Hades, the place of separate spirits. The sea and death have the bodies of all human beings; hades has their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:14

And death and hell were cast into the lake - Death himself is now abolished, and the place for separate spirits no longer needful. All dead bodies and separated souls being rejoined, and no more separation of bodies and souls by death to take place, consequently the existence of these things is no farther necessary. This is the second death - The first death consisted in the separation of the soul from the body for a season; the second death in the separation of body and soul from God... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:15

Written in the book of life - Only those who had continued faithful unto death were taken to heaven. All whose names were not found in the public registers, who either were not citizens, or whose names had been erased from those registers because of crimes against the state, could claim none of those emoluments or privileges which belong to the citizens; so those who either did not belong to the new and spiritual Jerusalem, or who had forfeited their rights and privileges by sin, and had... read more

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 20:12

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 20:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:15

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