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Revelation 20:5

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

KJV

οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔζησαν ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη. αὕτη ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη.

Greek NT

Ceteri mortuorum non vixerunt, donec consummentur mille anni. Hæc est resurrectio prima.

Vulgate

The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

ASV

The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
λοιποί
loipoi
adjective · 54×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
τελέω
teleo
verb · 28×
χίλιοι
chilioi
adjective · 11×
ἀνάστασις
anastasis
noun · 42×
ἄχρι
achri
adverb · 49×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οἱ | WH/NIV: οἱ | Treg/RP: Καί οἱ
  • οἱSBLGNT
  • οἱWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καί οἱTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
  • Ezek 37:2 — 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.
  • Isa 26:14 — They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
  • Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • Luke 14:14 — And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
  • Phil 3:11 — If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
  • Phil 3:11 — If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
  • Rev 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.