Revelation 20:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

I saw thrones, and sitting on those thrones were the ones who had been given the right to judge. I also saw the souls of the people who had their heads cut off because they had told about Jesus and preached God's message. They were the same ones who had not worshiped the beast or the idol, and they had refused to let its mark be put on their foreheads or hands. They will come to life and rule with Christ for 1,000 years.

Cross References

Daniel 7:27

“Then the greatest kingdom of all will be given to the chosen ones of God Most High. His kingdom will be eternal, and all others will serve and obey him.”

Daniel 7:18

But God Most High will give his kingdom to his chosen ones, and it will be theirs forever and ever.”

Matthew 19:28

Jesus answered: Yes, all of you have become my followers. And so in the future world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, I promise you will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 6:9

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of everyone who had been killed for speaking God's message and telling about their faith.

Revelation 3:21

Everyone who wins the victory will sit with me on my throne, just as I won the victory and sat with my Father on his throne.

2 Timothy 2:12

If we don't give up, we will rule with him. If we deny that we know him, he will deny that he knows us.

Daniel 7:22

Then God Most High, the Eternal God, came and judged in favor of his chosen ones, because the time had arrived for them to be given the kingdom.

Daniel 7:9

Thrones were set up while I was watching, and the Eternal God took his place. His clothing and his hair were white as snow. His throne was a blazing fire with fiery wheels,

Luke 22:30

You will eat and drink with me in my kingdom, and you will each sit on a throne to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 22:5

Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule forever.

Revelation 12:11

“Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island, because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus.

Romans 8:17

His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. We will also share in the glory of Christ, because we have suffered with him.

Revelation 15:2

Then I saw something that looked like a glass sea mixed with fire, and people were standing on it. They were the ones who had defeated the beast and the idol and the number that tells the name of the beast. God had given them harps,

Revelation 14:11

If you worship the beast and the idol and accept the mark of its name, you will be tortured day and night. The smoke from your torture will go up forever and ever, and you will never be able to rest.

Revelation 11:7

After the two witnesses have finished preaching God's message, the beast that lives in the deep pit will come up and fight against them. It will win the battle and kill them.

John 14:19

In a little while the people of this world won't be able to see me, but you will see me. And because I live, you will live.

Daniel 2:44

During the time of those kings, the God who rules from heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never fall. It will be like the stone that was cut from the mountain, but not by human hands—the stone that crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. Your Majesty, in your dream the great God has told you what is going to happen, and you can trust this interpretation.

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw is one that used to be and no longer is. It will come back from the deep pit, but only to be destroyed. Everyone on earth whose names were not written in the book of life before the time of creation will be amazed. They will see this beast that used to be and no longer is, but will be once more.

Revelation 11:15

At the sound of the seventh trumpet, loud voices were heard in heaven. They said, “Now the kingdom of this world belongs to our Lord and to his Chosen One! And he will rule forever and ever!”

Revelation 11:11

But three and a half days later, God will breathe life into their bodies. They will stand up, and everyone who sees them will be terrified.

Revelation 11:3

My two witnesses will wear sackcloth, while I let them preach for 1,260 days.

Romans 11:15

When Israel rejected God, the rest of the people in the world were able to turn to him. So when God makes friends with Israel, it will be like bringing the dead back to life.

Luke 1:17

He will go ahead of the Lord with the same power and spirit that Elijah had. And because of John, parents will be more thoughtful of their children. And people who now disobey God will begin to think as they ought to. This is how John will get people ready for the Lord.

Malachi 4:5

I, the Lord, promise to send the prophet Elijah before that great and terrible day comes.

Mark 9:11

The disciples asked Jesus, “Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”

Mark 6:27

At once he ordered a guard to cut off John's head there in prison.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard about Jesus, he said, “This must be John! I had his head cut off, and now he has come back to life.”

Matthew 24:10

Many will give up and will betray and hate each other.

Luke 14:14

They cannot pay you back. But God will bless you and reward you when his people rise from death.

Revelation 1:2

And John told everything he had seen about God's message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.

Revelation 2:26

I will give power over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and keeps on obeying me until the end.

Revelation 4:4

Twenty-four other thrones were in a circle around that throne. And on each of these thrones there was an elder dressed in white clothes and wearing a gold crown.

Revelation 7:3

“Don't harm the earth or the sea or any tree! Wait until I have marked the foreheads of the servants of our God.”