Other Translations - Revelation
20:1-4:
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. The angel had the key to the
bottomless pit. The angel also held a large chain in his hand. 2The angel grabbed the giant snake (that old serpent). The giant snake is the
devil (or Satan). The angel tied him [with the chain] for 1,000 years. 3The angel threw the snake into the bottomless pit and closed it. The angel
locked it over the snake. The angel did this so that the snake could not trick
the people of the earth until the 1,000 years were ended. After 1,000 years the
snake must be made free for a short time. 4Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them. These were the people who
had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those people who had
been killed because [they were faithful to] the truth of Jesus and the message
from God. Those people did not worship the animal or his idol. They did not
receive the mark of the animal on their foreheads or on their hands. Those
people became alive again and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years. 5(The other dead people did not live again until the 1,000 years were ended.)
This is the first raising of the dead. 6Blessed (happy) and holy are those people who share in this first raising of
the dead. The second death has no power over those people. Those people will be
priests for God and for Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.
(NAS)
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss
and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years, 3and cast him into the abyss, and shut (it), and sealed (it) over him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished:
after this he must be loosed for a little time. 4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:
and (I saw) the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus,
and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his
image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and
they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished.
This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these
the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
and shall reign with him a thousand years. (ASV)
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And 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. 4And 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. 5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed 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. (KJV) |