Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Commentaries
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And they sat upon them (κα εκαθισαν επ' αυτους). First aorist active indicative of καθιζω. Another period here apparently synchron…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
And I saw thrones—yronouv. See Revelation 1:4; 3:21; 4:3-4.
John here simply says that he saw in vision thrones, …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
THE MILLENNIAL REIGN.
And I saw thrones, and they sat... There is a prominence given to the t…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The fourth last thing is the thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth. John gives us no picture of life in the Millennium in these verses; they c…
John Gill
JohnGill
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them
Besides the throne of God the Father, and the throne of glory, on which th…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Here is an account of the reign of the saints, for the same period as Satan is bound. Those who suffer with Christ will reign with him in his spiri…
A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson