221Gk. upon
20: 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him 222for a thousand years,
222ℵ alone omits for a thousand years, and cast him (Two unnoteworthy mss. omit still more words.)
20: 3 and 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 these things he must be loosed for a little time.
20: 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and 223judgment was given unto them: even I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither its image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
223Or, power of condemnation Gk. krima; cognate crime.
20: 5 224This is the first resurrection.
224So ℵ 2053 2062 94 MK [about 70 mss. total] syr. But A 1611 (f 1678,1006 2050 MA read And the rest...) [about 105 mss. total] vg (cop) add The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. eth (and about 13 unnoteworthy Gk. mss.) read ...lived not again until...
20: 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no authority; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him 225the thousand years.
225So ℵ 1611 2053 2062 f 1678 94 syr cop. But A 2050 f 1006 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., eth arm read a thousand years. [Latin does not distinguish.]
20: 7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
20: 8 and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth (Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war), the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
20: 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down 226from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
226So 1611 2053 2062 2050 f 1006 vg syrh. But A eth omit from God 2329 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., syrph cop read out of heaven from God, 1854 omits out of heaven
20: 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be 227put to the test day and night 228for ever and ever.
227Lit. rubbed on a touchstone (a test for genuineness of gold or similar metal) [Gk. basanizō]
228Gk. unto the ages of the ages. And so elsewhere.
20: 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sitteth upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
20: 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
20: 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
20: 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
20: 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
