Revelation 20:3

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He threw him into the Abyss, locked it, and sealed him in. This was to keep Satan from deceiving the nations anymore until the 1,000 years had ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

Cross References

Revelation 20:1

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. He had the key to the Abyss, and he held a heavy chain in his hand.

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw used to exist, but now it doesn’t, and yet it will come up out of the Abyss and then be destroyed. Anyone living on the earth whose name has not been written in the book of life from the time the world was created will be amazed when they see the beast, because it will come again, even though it used to exist but now it doesn’t.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. That dragon is the old serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a royal seal on the stone and posting guards on duty.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But just as Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies, I’m afraid that your minds will also be led astray somehow from your true and pure love for Christ.

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Revelation 17:2

The kings of the earth took part in the wrong things she did, and the people living on earth became drunk with the wine of her terrible sins.”

Revelation 13:14

The first beast had given the second beast the power to perform these signs, and by these signs, the second beast tricked those who live on the earth. The second beast ordered people to set up a statue to honor the first beast. The first beast was the one who’d been wounded by a sword but had survived.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will appear, and they’ll do great signs and miracles. They’ll even try to trick God’s chosen people if they can.

Mark 4:15

Some of the seed that was scattered fell on a path. It stands for what happens when people hear the message but then Satan comes immediately and takes away what was planted in them.

Luke 8:31

And they begged Jesus again and again not to order them to go into the Abyss.