Revelation 20 - In Depth Bible Commentaries

corners of the earth--the "Gog and Magog"--to gather them together for the war–of whom their
number is like the sand of the sea. 20.9 And they went up upon the width of the earth, and they
encircled the camp of the set-apart people, and the city–the beloved one. And fire came down
out of the heaven, and devoured them. 20.10 And the accuser / devil, the one leading them
astray, was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false spokesperson
(are), and they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages!
20.11 Kai. ei=don qro,non me,gan leuko.n kai. to.n kaqh,menon evpV auvto,n( ou- avpo. tou/
prosw,pou e;fugen h` gh/ kai. o` ouvrano.j kai. to,poj ouvc eu`re,qh auvtoi/jÅ 20.12 kai. ei=don tou.j
nekrou,j( tou.j mega,louj kai. tou.j mikrou,j( e`stw/taj evnw,pion tou/ qro,nouÅ kai. bibli,a
hvnoi,cqhsan( kai. a;llo bibli,on hvnoi,cqh( o[ evstin th/j zwh/j( kai. evkri,qhsan oi` nekroi. evk
tw/n gegramme,nwn evn toi/j bibli,oij kata. ta. e;rga auvtw/nÅ 20.13 kai. e;dwken h` qa,lassa
tou.j nekrou.j tou.j evn auvth/| kai. o` qa,natoj kai. o` a[|dhj e;dwkan tou.j nekrou.j tou.j evn auvtoi/j(
kai. evkri,qhsan e[kastoj kata. ta. e;rga auvtw/nÅ 20.14 kai. o` qa,natoj kai. o` a[ |dhj evblh,qhsan
eivj th.n li,mnhn tou/ puro,jÅ ou-toj o` qa,natoj o` deu,tero,j evstin( h` li,mnh tou/ puro,jÅ 20.15
kai. ei; tij ouvc eu`re,qh evn th/| bi,blw| th/j zwh/j gegramme,noj( evblh,qh eivj th.n li,mnhn tou/
puro,jÅ
20.11 And I saw a throne, a great white one, and the One sitting upon it, from the face of
Whom the earth and the heaven fled, and a place was not found for them. 20.12 And I saw the
dead people, the great ones and the little ones, having stood before the throne. And scrolls were
opened, and another scroll was opened, which is of the life; and the dead people were judged
out of the things having been written in the scrolls, according to their works. 20.13 And the sea
gave (up) the dead people, those in it; and the death and the underworld gave (up) the dead
people, the ones in them; and they were judged, each one according to their works. 20.14 And
the death and the underworld were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake
of fire. 20.15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the scroll of the life, that person
was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:1-15, Translation with Footnotes:
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20.1 And I saw a messenger / angel coming down out of the heaven, holding the
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Aune outlines chapter 20 as follows: 20:1-10, the final defeat of satan; 20:11-15,
vision of the final judgment. (Pp. 1076-77).
He notes that 20:1-10, with its vision of the defeat of satan has a parallel earlier, in
12:7-9. (P. 1078)
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The adjective av,llon, allon, “another, different,” is interpolated into the text by a
corrector of Sinaiticus, Minuscule 2050, a few other Greek manuscripts (with a different word
order), a few manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate, the Philoxenian Syriac, a few manuscripts of
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the Sahidic Coptic and Beatus of Liebana (8 century A.D.). The interpolation does not
change the meaning of Revelation.
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