And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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Gill's Exposition
And I saw an angel come down from heaven,.... All Christ's enemies, and Satan's instruments being removed, the devil is left alone, and only stands in the way of Christ's kingdom; and what will be…
Barnes' Notes
And I saw an angel come down from heaven - Compare the notes on Rev 10:1. He does not say whether this angel had appeared to him before, but the impression is rather that it was a different one. The…
Adam Clarke
An angel came down from heaven - One of the executors of the Divine justice, who receives criminals, and keeps them in prison, and delivers them up only to be tried and executed.
The key of the prison…
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 was broken in…
Cambridge Bible
The Binding of Satan. The First Resurrection. Chap. 20 Rev 20:1-6
1. the bottomless pit See on Rev 9:1.
in his hand Lit. on his hand hung over it.
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