Revelation 20:4-9
English Standard Version
4 Then I saw (A)thrones, and (B)seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw (C)the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those (D)who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. (E)They came to life and (F)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 (G)Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such (H)the second death has no power, but they will be (I)priests of God and of Christ, and they (J)will reign with him for a thousand years.
The Defeat of Satan
7 And when the thousand years are ended, (K)Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out (L)to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, (M)Gog and Magog, (N)to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And (O)they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded (P)the camp of the saints and (Q)the beloved city, but (R)fire came down from heaven[a] and consumed them,
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- Revelation 20:9 Some manuscripts from God, out of heaven, or out of heaven from God
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