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Revelation 20:6-8
New English Translation
Revelation 20:6-8
New English Translation
6 Blessed and holy is the one who takes part[a] in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them,[b] but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Satan’s Final Defeat
7 Now[c] when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive[d] the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,[e] to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.[f]
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- Revelation 20:6 tn Grk “who has a share.”
- Revelation 20:6 tn The shift from the singular pronoun (“the one”) to the plural (“them”) in the passage reflects the Greek text: The singular participle ὁ ἔχων (ho echōn) is followed by the plural pronoun τούτων (toutōn). In the interests of English style, this is obscured in most modern translations except the NASB.
- Revelation 20:7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
- Revelation 20:8 tn Or “mislead.”
- Revelation 20:8 sn The battle with Gog and Magog is described in the OT in Ezek 38:1-39:20.
- Revelation 20:8 tn Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).
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