Chapter 20

20AndIsawamessengercomedownoutofheaven,havingthekeyofthebottomlesspitandagreatchainonhishand.
2Andhelaidholdonthedragon,theoldserpent,whoistheDevilandSatan,andboundhimathousandyears,
3andcasthimintothebottomlesspit,andshuthimup,andsealeduponᵛhim,thatheshouldnomoredeceivethenations,tillthethousandyearswerefinished.Afterthesethingshemustbereleasedasmallseason.
4AndIsawthrones,andtheysatonthem,andjudgmentwasgivenuntothem,andthelivesᵖofthosewhowere[beheaded/warredagainst]becauseofthetestimonyofJesusandbecauseofthewordofGod,andwhoworshippednotthebeast,norhisimage,andreceivednotthemarkontheirforehead,andontheirhand.AndtheylivedandreignedwithChristathousandyears.
5Therestʳofthedeadlivednottillthethousandyearswerefinished.Thisisthefirstresurrection.
6Blessedandholyishewhohaspartinthefirstresurrection:overthesetheseconddeathhasnopower,buttheyshallbepriestsofGodandofChrist,andshallreignwithhimathousandyears.
7Andwhenthethousandyearsarefinished,Satanshallbereleasedfromhisprison,
8andshallgoouttodeceivethenationsthatareinthefourcornersoftheearth,GogandMagog,toassemblethemtothewar,thenumberofwhomisasthesandofthesea.
9Andtheyascendedonthebreadthoftheearth,andcompassedthecampofthesaintsⁱ,andthebelovedcity,andfirecamedownoutofheaven,anddevouredthem.
10Andthedevilwhodeceivesthemwascastintothelakeoffireandbrimstone,wherethebeastandthefalseprophetarealso,andshallbetormenteddayandnightuntotheagesoftheages.
11AndIsawagreatwhitethroneandhimwhosatonit,fromwhosefacetheearthandtheheavenfled,andnoplacewasfoundforthem.
12AndIsawthedead,thegreatandthesmall,standbeforethethrone.Andscrollswereopened,andanotherscrollwasopened,whichisthescrolloflife,andthedeadwerejudgedoutofthethingswhichwerewritteninthescrolls,accordingtotheirworks.
13Andtheseagavethedeadwhowereinit,anddeathandhellgavethedeadwhowereinthem,andtheywerejudgedeverymanaccordingtotheirworks.
14Anddeathandhellwerecastintothelakeoffire.Thisistheseconddeath,thelakeoffire.
15Andifanymanwasnotfoundwritteninthescrolloflife,hewascastintothelakeoffire.