Revelation 20:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. After that he must be loosed for a little while.

Commentaries

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century

Southern Baptist

19th Century

Into the abyss (εις την αβυσσον). The one in 9:1f. and the one spoken of by the legion of demons in Lu 8:31 under the charge of th…

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

And cast him into the bottomless pit. (See commentary on Revelation 9:1).

A state of peace and prosperity would exist as if

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And cast him into the bottomless pit...—Rather, and cast him into the abyss (same word as in Revelation 20:1), and locked and …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century

These verses are integrally related to 19:20–21. After the destruction of the beast and his followers and of the false prophet, Satan (the dragon, …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And cast him into the bottomless pit
Or deep, into which the devils desired they might not be sent, and which they d…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Here is a vision, showing figuratively the restraints imposed on Satan himself. Christ, with Almighty power, will keep the devil from deceiving hum…