Revelation 20:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then the angel threw the dragon into the pit. He locked and sealed it, so that a thousand years would go by before the dragon could fool the nations again. But after that, it would have to be set free for a little while.

Cross References

Psalm 90:4

but a thousand years mean nothing to you! They are merely a day gone by or a few hours in the night.

Daniel 6:17

A stone was rolled over the pit, and it was sealed. Then Darius and his officials stamped the seal to show that no one should let Daniel out.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and perform great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

Matthew 27:66

So they sealed it tight and placed soldiers there to guard it.

Mark 4:15

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But Satan soon comes and snatches it away from them.

Luke 8:31

They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

2 Peter 3:8

Dear friends, don't forget that for the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years is the same as one day.

Revelation 12:9

and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan.

Revelation 13:14

This second beast fooled people on earth by performing miracles for the first one. Then it talked them into making an idol in the form of the beast that did not die after being wounded by a sword.

Revelation 17:2

Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk.”

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 20:1

I saw an angel come down from heaven, carrying the key to the deep pit and a big chain.