Revelation 20:5
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.
4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
7 When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
- KJV
- But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
- WEB
- The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
- ASV
- The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
- DARBY
- the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years had been completed. This [is] the first resurrection.
- BLB
- The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years should be completed. This [is] the first resurrection.
- ÅB
- Men de andre døde ble ikke levende igjen før de tusen år var til ende. Dette er den første oppstandelse.
- OTB
- Resten av de døde ble ikke levende før de tusen år var fullført. Dette markerer den første oppstandelsen.
- B1930
- Men de andre døde blev ikke levende igjen før de tusen år var til ende. Dette er den første opstandelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:11
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Read in contextRevelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
Read in contextEzekiel 37:2–14
He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Read in contextRevelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
Read in contextRomans 11:15
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Read in contextRevelation 20:8–9
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20–21
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
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