Revelation 20:1

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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

Cross References

Luke 8:31

And he begged Jesus not to command them to go away into the abyss.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and committed them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep within their proper domain, but left their own dwelling, he has kept under darkness in everlasting chains for the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 1:18

the living one. I was dead, but behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Revelation 10:1

Then I saw a mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 18:1

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

Revelation 20:3

He threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that he must be released for a short time.