The Saints Reign with the Messiah

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.(A) I also saw the people[a](B) who had been beheaded[b] because of their testimony about Jesus(C) and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.(D) They came to life(E) and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed(F) and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death(G) has no power[c] over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:4 Lit souls
  2. Revelation 20:4 All who had given their lives for their faith in Christ
  3. Revelation 20:6 Or authority

And kai I saw thrones thronos, and kai seated kathizō on epi them autos · kai were those autos who had been given the authority didōmi to judge krima. I also kai saw the ho souls psychē of those ho who had been beheaded pelekizō for dia the ho testimony martyria of Jesus Iēsous and kai for dia the ho word logos of ho God theos. · kai These hostis had not ou worshiped proskyneō the ho beast thērion or oude · ho its autos image eikōn and kai had not ou received lambanō its ho mark charagma on epi · ho their foreheads metōpon or kai · ho their autos hands cheir. · kai They came to life zaō and kai reigned basileuō with meta · ho Christ Christos for a thousand chilioi years etos. ( The ho rest loipos of the ho dead nekros did not ou come to life zaō until achri the ho thousand chilioi years etos were finished teleō). This houtos is the ho first prōtos resurrection anastasis. · ho Blessed makarios and kai holy hagios is the ho one who has echō a part meros in en the ho first prōtos resurrection anastasis! · ho Over epi such houtos the ho second deuteros death thanatos has echō no ou power exousia, but alla they will be eimi priests hiereus of ho God theos and kai of ho Christ Christos, and kai they will reign basileuō with meta him autos for ho a thousand chilioi years etos.

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