Revelation 20:5
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.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of 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
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Read in contextRevelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:2–14
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Read in contextRevelation 11:11
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Read in contextRomans 11:15
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Read in contextRevelation 20:8–9
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20–21
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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