And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Gill's Exposition
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them,.... Besides the throne of God the Father, and the throne of glory, on which the Son of God sits, and the twelve thrones for the twelve apostles of the Lamb;…
Barnes' Notes
And I saw thrones - θρόνους thronous See Rev 1:4; Rev 3:21; Rev 4:3-4. John here simply says, that he saw in vision thrones, with persons sitting on them, but without intreating who they were that…
Adam Clarke
I saw thrones - Christianity established in the earth, the kings and governors being all Christians.
Reigned with Christ a thousand years - I am satisfied that this period should not be taken…
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
thrones Dan 7:9. "They" who sat upon them, to whom judgement (i.e. the right of judging: see 1Co 6:2-3) was given are identified by Dan 7:22 as "the saints of the Most High" saints, plainly, in the…
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