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Revelation 20:1

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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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.

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  • Revelation 1:18

    I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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  • Revelation 9:1–2

    And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

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  • Revelation 18:1

    And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

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  • Revelation 10:1

    And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

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  • Luke 8:31

    And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

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