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Revelation 20 Young's Literal Translation

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1 And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,
1 Y VI un ángel descender del cielo, que tenía la llave del abismo, y una grande cadena en su mano.
1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
2 and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,
2 Y prendió al dragón, aquella serpiente antigua, que es el Diablo y Satanás, y le ató por mil años;
2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,
3 and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.
3 Y arrojólo al abismo, y le encerró, y selló sobre él, porque no engañe más á las naciones, hasta que mil años sean cumplidos: y después de esto es necesario que sea desatado un poco de tiempo.
3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
4 Y vi tronos, y se sentaron sobre ellos, y les fué dado juicio; y [vi] las almas de los degollados por el testimonio de Jesús, y por la palabra de Dios, y que no habían adorado la bestia, ni á su imagen, y que no recibieron la señal en sus frentes, ni en sus manos; y vivieron y reinaron con Cristo mil años.
4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this [is] the first rising again.
5 Mas los otros muertos no tornaron á vivir hasta que sean cumplidos mil años. Esta es la primera resurrección.
5 The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Happy and holy [is] he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
6 Bienaventurado y santo el que tiene parte en la primera resurrección: la segunda muerte no tiene potestad en éstos; antes serán sacerdotes de Dios y de Cristo, y reinarán con él mil años.
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,
7 Y cuando los mil años fueren cumplidos, Satanás será suelto de su prisión,
7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;
8 Y saldrá para engañar las naciones que están sobre los cuatro ángulos de la tierra, á Gog y á Magog, á fin de congregarlos para la batalla; el número de los cuales es como la arena del mar.
8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;
9 Y subieron sobre la anchura de la tierra, y circundaron el campo de los santos, y la ciudad amada: y de Dios descendió fuego del cielo, y los devoró.
9 They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.
10 and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night — to the ages of the ages.
10 Y el diablo que los engañaba, fué lanzado en el lago de fuego y azufre, donde está la bestia y el falso profeta; y serán atormentados día y noche para siempre jamás.
10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;
11 Y vi un gran trono blanco y al que estaba sentado sobre él, de delante del cual huyó la tierra y el cielo; y no fué hallado el lugar de ellos.
11 I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away. There was found no place for them.
12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls — according to their works;
12 Y vi los muertos, grandes y pequeños, que estaban delante de Dios; y los libros fueron abiertos: y otro libro fué abierto, el cual es de la vida: y fueron juzgados los muertos por las cosas que estaban escritas en los libros, según sus obras.
12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works;
13 Y el mar dió los muertos que estaban en él; y la muerte y el infierno dieron los muertos que estaban en ellos; y fué hecho juicio de cada uno según sus obras.
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
14 and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire — this [is] the second death;
14 Y el infierno y la muerte fueron lanzados en el lago de fuego. Esta es la muerte segunda.
14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
15 Y el que no fué hallado escrito en el libro de la vida, fué lanzado en el lago de fuego.
15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
Cross references (15)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Revelation 1:18; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Revelation 9:1–2; Revelation 18:1
  2. 2 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 12:9; Jude 6; Isaiah 27:1; John 12:31
  3. 3 Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1; Daniel 6:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; Revelation 12:9
  4. 4 Daniel 7:27; Daniel 7:18; Matthew 19:28; 1 Corinthians 6:2–3; 2 Timothy 2:12
  5. 5 Philippians 3:11; Revelation 11:15; Ezekiel 37:2–14; Luke 14:14; Revelation 11:11
  6. 6 Revelation 2:11; Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 5:10; 2 Timothy 2:12
  7. 7 Revelation 20:2
  8. 8 Revelation 16:14; Ezekiel 38:1–39:1; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 20:3; Hebrews 11:12
  9. 9 Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:6; Ezekiel 38:9; Ezekiel 38:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:8
  10. 10 Matthew 25:41; Revelation 19:20; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:2–3; Revelation 20:14–15
  11. 11 Revelation 21:1; 2 Peter 3:7; Daniel 2:35; Matthew 25:31; 2 Peter 3:10–12
  12. 12 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 16:27; Daniel 7:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Revelation 2:23
  13. 13 John 5:28–29; Revelation 6:8; Hosea 13:14; Revelation 20:14; Isaiah 26:19
  14. 14 1 Corinthians 15:26; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 1:18
  15. 15 John 3:36; Matthew 13:50; 1 John 5:11–12; Acts 4:12; Matthew 25:41

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 20:6 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    … them sit down, and minister to them; or if this be in the second, or it be in the third, blessed are they." Again John also says the very same in the Apocalypse: "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection." Then, too, Isaiah has declared the time when these events shall occur; he says: "And …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 20:1–6 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 6–7)

    Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." Those who, on the strength of this passage, have suspected that the first resurrection is future and bodily, have been moved, among …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 20:11 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    For after the times of the kingdom, he says, "I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth fled away, and the heavens; and there was no more place for them." And he sets forth, too, the things connected with the general resurrection and the judgment, mentioning "the dead, great and small." …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 20:4 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapter 9)

    do not ye judge them that are within?" "And the souls," says John, "of those who were slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God,"--understanding what he afterwards says, "reigned with Christ a thousand years," --that is, the souls of the martyrs not yet restored to their bodies.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 20:12–14 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter XXVII)

    Moreover," he says, "the book of life was opened, and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works; and death and hell were sent into the lake of fire, the second death." Now this is what is called Gehenna, which the Lord styled eternal fire.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)