Revelation 20:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. The angel had the key to the bottomless pit. The angel also held a large chain in his hand.

Cross References

Revelation 1:18

I am the one who lives. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

2 Peter 2:4

When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell. He put those angels in caves of darkness, where they are being held until the time when God will judge them.

Jude 1:6

And remember the angels who lost their authority to rule. They left their proper home. So the Lord has kept them in darkness, bound with everlasting chains, to be judged on the great day.

Revelation 18:1

Then I saw another angel coming down from heaven. This angel had great power. The angel’s glory made the earth bright.

Revelation 10:1

Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven. The angel was dressed in a cloud. He had a rainbow around his head. The angel’s face was like the sun, and his legs were like poles of fire.

Luke 8:31

The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.

Revelation 20:3

Then the angel threw the dragon into the bottomless pit and closed it. The angel locked it over the dragon. The angel did this so that the dragon could not trick the people of the earth until the 1000 years were ended. After 1000 years the dragon must be made free for a short time.