Revelation 20:1

Good News Translation

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a heavy chain.

Cross References

Luke 8:31

The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

Jude 1:6

Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.

Revelation 1:18

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

Revelation 10:1

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down out of heaven. He was wrapped in a cloud and had a rainbow around his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire.

Revelation 18:1

After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth.

Revelation 20:3

The angel threw him into the abyss, locked it, and sealed it, so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that he must be set loose for a little while.