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Revelation 20:1

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

3 And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
KJV
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
WEB
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
ASV
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
DARBY
And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
BLB
And I saw an angel descending out of heaven, having the key of the Abyss and a great chain in his hand.
ÅB
Og jeg så en engel stige ned fra himmelen, som hadde nøkkelen til avgrunnen og en stor lenke i sin hånd.
OTB
Jeg så en engel stige ned fra himmelen, med nøkkelen til avgrunnen og en stor lenke i hånden.
B1930
Og jeg så en engel stige ned fra himmelen, som hadde nøkkelen til avgrunnen og en stor lenke i sin hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Revelation 1:18

    the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

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  • Revelation 9:1–2

    Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

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  • Revelation 18:1

    After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

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  • Revelation 10:1

    Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

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  • Luke 8:31

    And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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