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Revelation 20:1-15
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Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:1-3Revelation 20:1-3 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryHere is a vision, showing by a figure the restraints laid on Satan himself. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving mankind as he has hitherto done. He never wants power and instruments to break…The Binding of Satan. (a. d. 95.)Revelation 20:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE BINDING OF SATAN. (A. D. 95.) We have here, I. A prophecy of the binding of Satan for a certain term of time, in which he should have much less power and the church much more peace than before. The power of Satan wa…The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1Revelation 20:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd I saw an angel come down from heaven; coming down out of heaven. The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of Revelation 1:18, some have considered this angel to be Christ him…The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1-3Revelation 20:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentarySatan bound for a thousand years. God sees the end from the beginning. If he pleases, he can disclose the future to others, although even then, by reason of the limitation of creature faculties, the unfolding of the fut…The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1-10Revelation 20:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe restraint upon evil. Following most appropriately upon the foregoing description of a conflict, and the conquest by the truth and the power of righteousness, is a representation, in most significant imagery, of the…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Revelation 20:1-3Here is a vision, showing by a figure the restraints laid on Satan himself. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving mankind as he has hitherto done. He never wants power and instruments to break…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Binding of Satan. (a. d. 95.)THE BINDING OF SATAN. (A. D. 95.) We have here, I. A prophecy of the binding of Satan for a certain term of time, in which he should have much less power and the church much more peace than before. The power of Satan wa…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1-3Satan bound for a thousand years. God sees the end from the beginning. If he pleases, he can disclose the future to others, although even then, by reason of the limitation of creature faculties, the unfolding of the fut…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1-10The restraint upon evil. Following most appropriately upon the foregoing description of a conflict, and the conquest by the truth and the power of righteousness, is a representation, in most significant imagery, of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel come down from heaven; coming down out of heaven. The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of Revelation 1:18, some have considered this angel to be Christ him…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:3-6The second scene in the history of redeemed humanity: the age of moral triumph. "And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him," etc. The first scene in the history of redeemed humanity—…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Revelation 20:4-6Here is an account of the reign of the saints, for the same space of time as Satan is bound. Those who suffer with Christ, shall reign with him in his spiritual and heavenly kingdom, in conformity to him in his wisdom,…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:4Martyrdom a testimony. "I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God." Martyrdom is the subject of these words. The words suggest four facts. I. MARTYRS ARE SOMETIMES MURD…Joseph S. Exell and contributors