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Revelation 20 — Sermon Preparation
Satan is bound for a thousand years, then released for a final rebellion before being cast into the lake of fire, followed by the judgment of all the dead. Below is a research summary for Revelation 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 15
- verses
- 406 / 131
- Greek words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Revelation 20 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| χίλιοι | chílioi | G5507 | 6 | thousand |
| ἔτος | étos | G2094 | 6 | year |
| λίμνη | límnē | G3041 | 4 | lake |
| πῦρ | pŷr | G4442 | 5 | fiery, fire |
| νεκρός | nekrós | G3498 | 5 | dead |
| θάνατος | thánatos | G2288 | 4 | deadly, death |
| βάλλω | bállō | G906 | 4 | arise, cast, dung, lay |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy: it is very probable that the things contained in it are not yet accomplished; and therefore it is the wiser way to content ourselves with general observations, rather than to be positive and particular in our explications of it. Here we have an account, I. Of the binding of Satan for a thousand years, ver. 1-3. II. The reign of the saints with Christ for the same time, ver. 4-6. III. Of the loosing of Satan, and the conflict of the church with Gog and Magog, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 6 (Acts to Revelation), on Revelation 20:1–25 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gog— Rev 20:8
- Magog— Rev 20:8
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