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**saw.** App-133 .
**come** = coming.
**from.** App-104 .
**heaven.** See [Revelation 3:12](../../../kjv/revelation/3/12) .
**in** = upon. Greek. *epi.*

**laid hold on.** Greek. *krateo.* Compare App-172 .
**on** = of.
**dragon.** See [Revelation 12:3](../../../kjv/revelation/12/3) .
**that** = the.
**Satan.** The texts add "the". See App-19 .
**thousand years.** i.e. the millennium.

**him.** Greek."it" (the pit).
**set, &c.** Literally sealed *it* over him.
**that** = in order that. Greek. *hina.*
**should, &c.** = should not ( App-105 ) deceive ( App-128 ).
**more** = longer.
**fulfilled.** Compare App-125 .
**and.** Omit.
**after that.** Greek. *meta tauta,* as [Revelation 1:19](../../../kjv/revelation/1/19) (hereafter).
**season** = time. Greek. *chronos.* App-195 . Satan is literal; the angel who binds him is literal; the abyss into which he is cast is literal; and the chain, whatever it may be composed of, is literal too.

**they.** i.e. the Father and Christ ([Revelation 3:21](../../../kjv/revelation/3/21) ), and the heavenly beings associated with them as assessors ([Revelation 1:4](../../../kjv/revelation/1/4) ; and compare [Matthew 25:31](../../../kjv/matthew/25/31) . [1 Timothy 5:21](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/21) ).
**upon.** App-104 .
**judgment.** App-177 .
**was given.** i.e. not judging or ruling authority, but sentence, or pronouncement, or award in their favour.
**unto** = for. No preposition. Dative case.
**them.** i.e. those who had been beheaded.
**and** = even.
**I saw.** Omit.
**souls.** App-110 . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part). App-6 .
**were** = had been.
**witness** = testimony. See [Revelation 19:10](../../../kjv/revelation/19/10) and p. 1511.
**Jesus.** App-98 .
**word.** App-121 .
**which** = whosoever. Greek. *hoitines,* as [Matthew 5:39](../../../kjv/matthew/5/39) , [Matthew 5:41](../../../kjv/matthew/5/41) .
**had, &c.** = did not ( App-105 ) worship ( App-137 )
**neither.** Greek. *oude.*
**neither . . . received** = and received (See [Revelation 13:16](../../../kjv/revelation/13/16) ) not ( App-105 ).
**his** = the.
**or in** = and upon(as above).
**hands** = hand.
**lived.** i.e. lived again. App-170 .
**Christ.** App-98 . The resurrection of these not mentioned but necessarily implied.

**But.** The texts omit.
**the rest, &c.** The texts read "the rest of the dead lived not until (i.e. again until)", which presumes that "the rest of the dead" are not living during the thousand years.
**the rest.** App-124 . Occurs: [Romans 11:7](../../../kjv/romans/11/7) . [1 Corinthians 15:37](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/37) (other). [1 Thessalonians 4:13](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/13) (others); &c.
**the dead.** App-139 .
**were** = should be.
**finished.** See "fulfilled", [Revelation 20:3](../../../kjv/revelation/20/3) .
**is.** No verb.
**resurrection.** App-178 .

**Blessed.** Greek. *makarios.* Forty-eighth occurances in N.T.
**in.** App-104 .
**on such** = over ( App-104 .) these.
**power.** App-172 .
**priests.** See [Revelation 1:6](../../../kjv/revelation/1/6) .
**a.** Some texts read "the". The "first resurrection" is the *former of* the two resurrections referred to in this passage. It is the antithesis of the resurrection implied though not specifically mentioned in [Revelation 20:12](../../../kjv/revelation/20/12) . This is the resurrection which was both the subject of revelation and the hope of Israel. Compare the antithesis in [2 John 1:6](../../../kjv/2-john/1/6); [2 John 1:6](../../../kjv/2-john/1/6) :29 . [Acts 24:15](../../../kjv/acts/24/15) . This "first resurrection" should not be confused with [1 Thessalonians 4:13-17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/13-17) (see notes there and on [Philippians 1:3](../../../kjv/philippians/1/3) , [Philippians 1:11](../../../kjv/philippians/1/11) ).

**expired.** See "fulfilled", [Revelation 20:3](../../../kjv/revelation/20/3) .
**out of.** App-104 .

**quarters.** As [Revelation 7:1](../../../kjv/revelation/7/1) (corners).
**earth.** App-129 .4.
**Gog and Magog.** Here, apparently an inclusive term for *all* the Gentile nations; East (Gog) and West (Magog). The destruction of Gog and Magog, [Ezekiel 39](../../../kjv/ezekiel/39) , is pre-millennial. See Rev 39:25 .
**battle** = the war. The texts add the article. Reference to *the* war predicted and determined.
**number.** Greek. *arithmos.* One of the ten ( App-10 and App-197 .) occurances in Rev.
**as the sand, &c.** Greek. *Paroemia.* App-6 . Compare [Hebrews 11:12](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/12) .

**earth.** App-129 . Compare [Isaiah 8:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/8) and [Habakkuk 1:6](../../../kjv/habakkuk/1/6) .
**saints.** See [Daniel 7:18](../../../kjv/daniel/7/18) , [Daniel 7:27](../../../kjv/daniel/7/27) . [Acts 9:13](../../../kjv/acts/9/13) .
**beloved.** App-135 .
**devoured.** As [Revelation 12:4](../../../kjv/revelation/12/4) .

**lake, &c.** See [Revelation 19:20](../../../kjv/revelation/19/20) .
**where.** The texts add "also".
**beast, false prophet.** See [Revelation 19:20](../../../kjv/revelation/19/20) .
**are.** No verb. Read "were", or "were cast".
**and.** Add "they".
**tormented.** Last of five occurances in Rev. Compare [Revelation 9:5](../../../kjv/revelation/9/5) .
**for ever, &c.** App-151 . a.

**great.** That in [Revelation 4:2-6](../../../kjv/revelation/4/2-6) was seen by John in heaven; this on earth.
**white.** Indicating holiness and righteousness. No adjuncts mentioned. Only one throne and one Judge.

**the dead.** Those of [Revelation 20:5](../../../kjv/revelation/20/5) . See App-139 .
**small, &c.** Read "the great and the small".
**stand** = standing.
**God.** The texts read "the throne".
**the.** Omit.
**life.** App-170 .
**judged.** App-122 .
**those** = the.

**hell** = the grave. See [Revelation 1:18](../../../kjv/revelation/1/18) ; [Revelation 6:8](../../../kjv/revelation/6/8) and App-131 .
**every man** = each one.

**death.** The texts add "the lake of fire".

**whosoever** = if ( App-118 . a) any one ( App-123 .), Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) verses: Rev 20:9-18 .

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