Revelation 20:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 1:18 : 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
  • Rev 10:1 : 1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
  • Rev 9:1-2 : 1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep. 2 And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.
  • Luke 8:31 : 31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

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  • Rev 20:2-4
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    2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

    3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

    4 And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

  • Rev 9:1-2
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    1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

    2 And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.

  • Rev 18:1-2
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    1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.

    2 And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

  • Rev 10:1-2
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    1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

    2 And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

  • Rev 20:6-11
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    6 Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

    7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,

    8 And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea.

    9 And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

    10 And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.

    11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

  • Rev 12:9
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    9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

  • Rev 10:5
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    5 And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

  • Rev 5:1-2
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    1 And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

    2 And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

  • Rev 7:1-2
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    1 After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

    2 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,

  • Rev 14:6
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    6 And I saw another angel in flight between heaven and earth, having eternal good news to give to those who are on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,

  • Rev 14:17-19
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    17 And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.

    18 And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.

    19 And the angel sent his blade into the earth, and the vine of the earth was cut, and he put it into the great wine-crusher of the wrath of God.

  • Rev 17:8
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    8 The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.

  • Rev 8:5
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    5 And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

  • Rev 19:20
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    20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.

  • Rev 12:12-13
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    12 Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

    13 And when the dragon saw that he was forced down to the earth, he made cruel attacks on the woman who gave birth to the male child.

  • Rev 9:11
    69%

    11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

  • Rev 1:17-18
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    69%

    17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

    18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

  • Rev 10:8
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    8 And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

  • Rev 18:21
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    21 And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

  • Rev 12:3-4
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    3 And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

    4 And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.

  • Rev 19:17
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    17 And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;

  • Rev 4:1
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    1 After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

  • Rev 21:10
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    10 And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

  • Rev 15:1
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    1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and strange; seven angels having the seven last punishments, for in them the wrath of God is complete.

  • Rev 20:13-14
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    13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man by his works.

    14 And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.

  • Matt 28:2
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    2 And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

  • Rev 12:7
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    7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,

  • Rev 13:13
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    13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.

  • Rev 13:11
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    11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and his voice was like that of a dragon.

  • Rev 12:16
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    16 And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

  • Rev 9:14
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    14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

  • Jude 1:6
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    6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.