Revelation 20:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]And I saw a great [b]white throne, and one that sat on it, [c]from whose face fled away both the earth and heaven, and their place was no more found.
12 And I saw the dead, both great and small stand before [d]God: and the [e]books were opened, and (A)another book was opened, which is the book [f]of life, and the dead were judged of those things, which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 [g]And the sea gave up her dead, which were in her, and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
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- Revelation 20:11 The second part of this Chapter, in which is described the judge, in this verse, and the last judgment in the verse following.
- Revelation 20:11 That is, a tribunal seat most Princelike and glorious: for so doth the Greek word also signify.
- Revelation 20:11 That is, Christ, before whom when he cometh unto judgment, heaven and earth shall perish for the greatness of his majesty, 2 Pet. 3:7, 10, etc.
- Revelation 20:12 That is, Christ the judge, 2 Cor. 5:10.
- Revelation 20:12 As it were, our books of reckoning or accompts: that is, the testimony of our conscience, and of our works, which by no means can be avoided. This is spoken after the manner of men.
- Revelation 20:12 The book of the eternal decree of God, in which God the Father hath elected in Christ according to the good pleasure of his will, those that shall be heirs of life. This also is spoken according to the manner of men.
- Revelation 20:13 This is a prevention or an answer to an objection: for happily some man will say, but they are dead, whom the sea, death and the grave hath consumed, how shall they appear before the judge? S. John answereth by resurrection from death, whereunto all things (however repugnant) shall minister and serve at the commandment of God, as Dan. 12.
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