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Death's Final Defeat
Commentators unanimously explain that when "death and Hades" are cast into the lake of fire, it is symbolic language. It signifies the complete and final destruction of physical death and the grave. As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:26, death is the "last enemy" to be destroyed, meaning believers will no longer experience it.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 20:14
18th Century
Theologian
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Death and Hades (hell) are here personified, as they are in the previous vers…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 20:14
Were cast (εβληθησαν). As the devil (20:10) followed the two beasts (19:20) into the same dread lake of fire. Death is personified…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 20:14–15
19th Century
Bishop
And death and hell were cast . . .—A better rendering is, And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. The latter…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 20:14
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 20:14
17th Century
Pastor
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire
Death cannot be taken properly, nor hell be the place of torment,…
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…