Revelation 20:8 NKJV,NLT

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:7-10

Defeat of Satan (20:7-10)At the end of the time of Christ’s reign Satan is released, but he soon shows that he has not changed his ways. As usual he deceives people and incites them to rebel against God (cf. 16:12-16; Genesis 3:1-6). Rebels across the world unite against God and his people. As in a similar apocalyptic vision in the Old Testament, the anti-God leader is symbolized by a man called Gog who lives in the land of Magog. But, as in the Old Testament vision, Satan is allowed to draw... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 20:8

quarters. As 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 39:0 , 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... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 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.And shall come forth to deceive the nations ... At the time indicated here, Satan will do exactly what he did in the pre-Christian world, that is, organize all mankind into one vast, sprawling, interlocking network of evil. This shows that Satan's power to deceive was not altered by his imprisonment and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 20:7-10

Revelation 20:7-10. When the thousand years are expired, &c.— At the expiration of the thousand years, the restraint will be taken off from wickedness,—Satan shall be loosed, and make one effort more to re-establish his kingdom. As he deceived our first parents in Paradise, so he will have the artifice to deceive the nations after the millennium, to shew, that no state or condition on earth is secured from sinning. The nations whom he shall deceive, are described as living in the remotest... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 20:8

8. Gog and Magog— ( :-; see on :-). Magog is a general name for northern nations of Japheth's posterity, whose ideal head is Gog (Genesis 10:2). A has but one Greek article to "Gog and Magog," whereby the two, namely, the prince and the people, are marked as having the closest connection. B reads the second article before Magog wrongly. HILLER [Onomasticon] explains both words as signifying "lofty," "elevated." For "quarters" the Greek is "corners." to battle—Greek, "to the war," in A and B.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:7-10

3. The final judgment of Satan 20:7-10 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 20:8

The devil will then resume his former work of deceiving the nations (Revelation 20:3) into thinking they will be better off submitting to his authority than to Jesus Christ’s (cf. Genesis 3; Matthew 4). He will eventually gather innumerable soldiers from all parts of the world to fight against Jesus Christ (cf. Revelation 7:1; Isaiah 11:2; Ezekiel 38:3-6; Ezekiel 39:1-2)."At the close of the Millennium, Satan will be released from the pit and permitted to lead one last revolt against the Lord.... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 20:8

20:8 war, (k-27) Or 'to war.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:1-15

Satan conquered. The Last JudgmentIn this chapter the visions of the overthrow of Christ’s enemies are continued. The devil is bound for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1-3); the martyrs reign with Christ for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6). It is foretold that, at the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be loosed, and will make a last assault against the saints, after which he is cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:7-10). A vision of the Last Judgment follows (Revelation 20:11-15).The binding... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 20:8

(8) And shall go out to deceive the nations.—Perhaps better, shall come out, as the earth is the view-point. The nations deceived and led astray are designated as Gog and Magog. The names are derived from Ezekiel (Ezekiel 38, 39). In rabbinical books the names were used to describe the nations who would rise against the reign of the Messiah. The names are to be understood figuratively. No particular nation could be well spoken of as “the nations in the four corners of the earth.” The origin of... read more