Revelation 20:1
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
KJV
Καὶ ἴδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖν τῆς ἀβύσσου καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Et vidi angelum descendentem de cælo, habentem clavem abyssi, et catenam magnam in manu sua.
Vulgate
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
ASV
And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
κλείς
kleis
noun · 6×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἄβυσσος
abussos
noun · 9×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἅλυσις
alusis
noun · 11×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- Gen 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Isa 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
- Jude 1:6 — And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Mark 3:27 — No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
- Matt 8:31 — So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matt 12:29 — Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
- Matt 16:19 — And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Ps 68:20 — He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
- Ps 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Rev 9:1 — And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
- Rev 9:1 — And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
- Rev 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
- Rev 18:1 — And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
- Rev 20:3 — 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 loose
- Rom 16:20 — And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Zech 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and