Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 20:1-15

Chapter 20I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand ( Revelation 20:1 ).Now, earlier under the fifth trumpet there was a fallen angel that had the key to the bottomless pit, the abusso, and he opened it and released upon the earth a horde of demonic beings. Now, the angel comes with the key and the purpose is not in releasing those in the abusso, but in incarcerating now in the abusso. So, he had a key of the bottomless pit and a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 20:1-15

Revelation 20:1 . I saw an angel come down from heaven, the high sheriff, as it were, with a divine commission, probably the same angel who had descended with glory like a morning star, and unlocked the abyss, out of which a smoke ascended, instigating the Turks to universal war and conquest: chap. 9. Now, he that opened, is sent with plenary powers to shut up, and seal the prison of hell. And if the binding of Satan be better for earth, it will be worse for hell. The kings which have lent... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 20:7-15

Revelation 20:7-15When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed Satan loosedNotice what immediately follows this thousand years.1. The devil is let loose. He who lets him loose is, of course, the same who bound him, and sealed him in the prison of the abyss. It seems like a great pity, after the world has rested for a thousand years, that this arch-enemy of its peace should again be let loose upon it. But there seems to be some sort of necessity for it. The statement to John was,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 20:8

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. Ver. 8. Gog and Magog ] That is, pope and Turk, saith Aretius; the pope a covert enemy to Christ; the Turk an overt or open enemy; as Gog and Magog signify,Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 38:1-23 ; Ezekiel 39:1-29 . These are set forth by Ezekiel as the last enemies of God’s people before Shiloh come; and presently... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 20:8

to deceive: Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:10 Gog: Ezekiel 38:1 - Ezekiel 39:29 to gather: Revelation 16:14 the number: Judges 7:12, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Kings 4:20, Isaiah 10:22, Jeremiah 33:22, Hebrews 11:12 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - thou Genesis 10:2 - General Joshua 9:2 - gathered Joshua 10:4 - and help 1 Chronicles 5:4 - General 2 Chronicles 18:21 - General Job 1:7 - From going Job 38:11 - but Psalms 48:4 - General Psalms 110:5 - strike Psalms 118:10 - All nations Isaiah 8:9 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 20:8

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.And shall go forth to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — (That is, in all the earth)-the more diligently, as he hath been so long restrained, and knoweth he hath but a small time.Gog and Magog — Magog, the second son of Japhet, is the father of the innumerable northern nations toward the east. The... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:1-10

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 20:8

8. Go out The last revelation of antichrist. It is the revelation that precedes the second advent. Deceive the nations Note on Revelation 14:5. Probably by taking a religious form, and erecting a hierarchy and becoming a pontiff, thus reviving the pre-millennial POPERY. Yet, as we are informed in 2 Peter 3:0, one form of the deception will be a denial of the reality of a second advent, based on an infidel scepticism. And yet, while infidel to Christ and his second advent, the nations ... read more

Group of Brands