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No One Is Beyond God's Reach
The imagery of the sea, Death, and Hades giving up the dead is a powerful declaration of God's absolute sovereignty. Commentators explain that this ensures a universal resurrection for judgment. No one, regardless of how or where they died—whether lost at sea, buried in the earth, or held in the unseen realm—is beyond God's reach or can escape this final accounting.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 20:13
18th Century
Theologian
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. This refers to all who had been buried in the depths of the oceans. This total number will …
AT Robertson
On Revelation 20:13
Gave up (εδωκεν). Just "gave" (first aorist active indicative of διδωμ), but for the sea to give is to give up (effective aorist).…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 20:12–13
19th Century
Bishop
And I saw the dead, small and great . . .—Or rather, And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before (not “God,” …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 20:13
John describes in vivid pictures the sixth last thing (), the final judgment of humankind. Unlike many of the vivid, imaginative paintings based on…
John Gill
On Revelation 20:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it
Which is not to be interpreted metaphorically of the world, and the me…
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 20:11–15
17th Century
Minister
After the events just foretold, the end will speedily come; and there is no mention of anything else before the appearing of Christ to judge the wo…