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Revelation 20:7

Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when the thousand years are expired,.... Which are not yet expired; not in the year 1000, or 1033 or 4, reckoning from the birth or death of Christ, when Paganism, which had been destroyed in the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And when the thousand years are expired - See Rev 20:2. Satan shall be loosed out of his prison - See Rev 20:3. That is, a state of things will then occur as if Satan should be for a time let loose…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Satan shall be loosed - How can this bear any kind of literal interpretation? Satan is bound a thousand years, and the earth is in peace; righteousness flourishes, and Jesus Christ alone reigns. This…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 20:1-10

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The Loosing of Satan, the War of Gog and Magog, the Judgement on the Devil, the Beast, and the False Prophet, Rev 20:7-10

7. Satan shall be loosed "for a little season," as we heard in Rev 20:20. The…

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