Revelation 20:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • Dan 6:17 : 17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.
  • Rev 20:1 : 1 The Thousand Year Reign Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. 11 Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
  • Rev 16:14-16 : 14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful. 15 (Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.) 16 Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.
  • Rev 17:2 : 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth’s inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality.”
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth– all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world– will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
  • Rev 20:7-9 : 7 Satan’s Final Defeat Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. 9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Ps 90:4 : 4 Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 20:1-2
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    88%

    1 The Thousand Year Reign Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

    2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years.

  • Rev 20:4-10
    7 verses
    81%

    4 Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

    5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.

    6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

    7 Satan’s Final Defeat Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

    8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.

    9 They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely.

    10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.

  • Rev 12:9-10
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    76%

    9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

    10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

  • Rev 9:1-2
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    1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

    2 He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

  • Rev 17:8
    72%

    8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth– all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world– will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

  • Rev 19:20
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    20 Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

  • Rev 12:12-13
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    12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!”

    13 Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

  • Rev 11:7
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    7 When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.

  • Rev 12:3-4
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    69%

    3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.

    4 Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

  • Rev 13:5-7
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    5 The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.

    6 So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God– to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

    7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

  • Rev 10:2
    68%

    2 He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

  • Rev 20:14-15
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    68%

    14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death– the lake of fire.

    15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

  • Rev 12:15-17
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    67%

    15 Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

    16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

    17 So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus.

  • Rev 7:3
    67%

    3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

  • Rev 9:15
    66%

    15 Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity.

  • Rev 2:10
    66%

    10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

  • Rev 13:13-14
    2 verses
    66%

    13 He performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people

    14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

  • Rev 16:14
    66%

    14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

  • Rev 9:5
    66%

    5 The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

  • Luke 4:5
    66%

    5 Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

  • Rev 13:2
    66%

    2 Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.

  • Rev 10:5
    66%

    5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

  • Rev 17:11
    66%

    11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

  • Rev 14:10-11
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    66%

    10 that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb.

    11 And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

  • Rev 9:10-11
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    66%

    10 They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.

    11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

  • Rev 22:10
    66%

    10 Then he said to me,“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

  • John 12:31
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    31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

  • Rev 17:3
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    3 So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

  • 2 Thess 2:9
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    9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

  • Rev 12:7
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    7 War in Heaven Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

  • Rev 3:10
    65%

    10 Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

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