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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/revelation/20.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/revelation/20.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/revelation/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/revelation/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/revelation/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years shall have been completed, Satan will be released out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison (the abyss),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the 1,000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be set free. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When 1,000 years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his prison, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when the thousand years have expired, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But when the thousand years are at an end, the Adversary will be released from his imprisonment,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the one thousand years may be completed, Satan will be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years shall have been completed, Satan will be released out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when the thousand years should be finished, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go forth, and seduce the nations, which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, and shall gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when the thousand years will have been completed, Satan shall be released from his prison, and he will go out and seduce the nations which are upon the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog. And he will gather them together for battle, those whose number is like the sand of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when the thousand years come to an end. Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/20.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And whenever the 1000 years are finished, Satan will be released from his imprisonment,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/20.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And when the thousand years shall have been completed, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/20.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And when the thousand years may be fulfilled, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/20.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And when the thousand years shall be completed, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/20.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But when the thousand years are at an end, the Adversary will be released from his imprisonment,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/20.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And, when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be loosed out of his prison,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/20.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And when the thousand years are ended,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/20-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=4276" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/20.htm">Satan Cast into the Lake of Fire</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6</span>Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3752.htm" title="3752: hotan (Conj) -- When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.">When</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5507.htm" title="5507: chilia (Adj-NNP) -- A thousand. Plural of uncertain affinity; a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/greek/2094.htm" title="2094: etē (N-NNP) -- A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.">years</a> <a href="/greek/5055.htm" title="5055: telesthē (V-ASP-3S) -- (a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay. From telos; to end, i.e. Complete, execute, conclude, discharge.">are complete,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4567.htm" title="4567: Satanas (N-NMS) -- An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil.">Satan</a> <a href="/greek/3089.htm" title="3089: lythēsetai (V-FIP-3S) -- A primary verb; to loosen.">will be released</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5438.htm" title="5438: phylakēs (N-GFS) -- From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.">prison,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-2.htm">Ezekiel 38:2-3</a></span><br />“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him / and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">Ezekiel 38:8-9</a></span><br />After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely. / You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-16.htm">Ezekiel 38:16</a></span><br />You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-1.htm">Ezekiel 39:1-2</a></span><br />“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. / I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-6.htm">Ezekiel 39:6</a></span><br />I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-12.htm">Daniel 7:12</a></span><br />As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Daniel 7:25</a></span><br />He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/11-44.htm">Daniel 11:44</a></span><br />But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a></span><br />For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a></span><br />And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:8-10</a></span><br />And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. / The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a></span><br />Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-12.htm">Revelation 12:12</a></span><br />Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,</p><p class="hdg">See on ver.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a></b></br> And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/revelation/20-5.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/revelation/20-5.htm">End</a> <a href="/revelation/20-5.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Expired</a> <a href="/revelation/20-5.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Imprisonment</a> <a href="/revelation/20-3.htm">Loosed</a> <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/revelation/9-15.htm">Released</a> <a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/revelation/20-6.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/23-22.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/genesis/25-8.htm">Expired</a> <a href="/genesis/2-1.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/ezra/7-26.htm">Imprisonment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-10.htm">Loosed</a> <a href="/genesis/39-20.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/genesis/24-8.htm">Released</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">Satan</a> <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Thousand</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-1.htm">Satan bound for a thousand years.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-6.htm">The first resurrection;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-7.htm">Satan let loose again.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Gog and Magog.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">The demons cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">The last and general resurrection.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When the thousand years are complete</b><br>This phrase refers to the end of the millennial reign of Christ, a period described earlier in <a href="/revelation/20.htm">Revelation 20:1-6</a>. The "thousand years" is often interpreted as a literal or symbolic period of peace and righteousness where Christ reigns with His saints. This concept is rooted in Old Testament prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a>, which describe a time of peace and harmony. The completion of this period signifies a transition in God's redemptive plan.<p><b>Satan will be released</b><br>The release of Satan indicates a temporary allowance for evil to once again test humanity. This release serves as a final demonstration of God's justice and the persistent nature of sin in the human heart. It echoes the testing of humanity seen in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3) and throughout biblical history. The release is part of God's sovereign plan, allowing for the ultimate defeat of evil.<p><b>from his prison</b><br>Satan's "prison" refers to the abyss where he was bound during the millennium (<a href="/revelation/20.htm">Revelation 20:1-3</a>). This binding signifies God's control over evil and His ability to restrain it according to His purposes. The imagery of a prison underscores the temporary nature of Satan's confinement and the ultimate authority of God over all spiritual forces. This release sets the stage for the final confrontation between good and evil, leading to Satan's ultimate defeat and the establishment of God's eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary of God and humanity, who is bound for a thousand years and then released to deceive the nations once more.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_thousand_years.htm">The Thousand Years</a></b><br>Often referred to as the Millennium, a period of peace and righteousness where Christ reigns, and Satan is bound.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_prison.htm">The Prison</a></b><br>Symbolic of the restraint placed on Satan during the Millennium, preventing him from deceiving the nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_millennium.htm">Understanding the Millennium</a></b><br>The thousand-year reign is a time of Christ's dominion and peace, a foretaste of the eternal kingdom. Believers should live in anticipation of this future hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Even after a period of peace, Satan's release reminds us that spiritual warfare is ongoing. Christians must remain vigilant and prepared.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_timing.htm">God's Sovereignty and Timing</a></b><br>God's plan unfolds according to His perfect timing. Trusting in His sovereignty helps believers remain steadfast in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_satan.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Satan</a></b><br>Satan's release highlights his persistent nature as a deceiver. Believers must be discerning and grounded in truth to resist deception.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_ultimate_victory_of_christ.htm">The Ultimate Victory of Christ</a></b><br>Despite Satan's temporary release, the ultimate victory belongs to Christ. This assurance should embolden believers to live courageously and faithfully.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_gog_and_magog,_and_why_no_evidence.htm">(Revelation 20:7–8) Who are Gog and Magog historically, and why is there no clear archeological evidence of such an end-times battle? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_release_satan_after_1000_years.htm">Why is Satan released after the 1000 years?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_works_of_the_devil.htm">What are the works of the devil?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_battle_of_armageddon.htm">What does the Battle of Armageddon refer to?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE LOOSING OF SATAN AND HIS FINAL OVERTHROW.</span><p>(7) <span class= "bld">And when the thousand years are expired.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">And when the thousand years have been finished.</span> The binding of Satan implied restraint put upon his power and freedom of action; the loosing means the removing of these restraints. The reign of Christ with His saints has been a witness to the power of our Master over the wicked one. This witness has been an opportunity also to the world. It was the earthly approximation to the ideal picture. It testified how completely "all power in heaven and in earth was given to Christ," and how there lay, therefore, within the reach of men the power of Him who would tread down their true enemies, and turn His hand against their adversaries (<a href="/context/psalms/81-13.htm" title="Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!">Psalm 81:13-14</a>). But the time of opportunity must end. "O that Israel would have hearkened," is a cry that might have its counterpart over the history of earth's lost opportunities. Christendom is planted in the world to be a framework of regenerating power to mankind, just as the Law and its adjuncts were designed to be in Israel. But, as there the old idolatrous influences broke in upon the rule of God's covenant, so here do we find the vision picturing to us how Christendom will be invaded by the influences of the evil one, when mankind has let slip this splendid opportunity of a really golden age.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison;</span> <span class="accented">are finished</span>; that is, the power of the devil having been in principle completely overthrown by our Lord (see on preceding verses), Satan is still permitted to wage war and exercise sway on the earth. "His prison" is the "abyss" of vers. 1, 3 (cf. also ver. 3). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/20-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅταν</span> <span class="translit">(hotan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3752.htm">Strong's 3752: </a> </span><span class="str2">When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὰ</span> <span class="translit">(ta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thousand</span><br /><span class="grk">χίλια</span> <span class="translit">(chilia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5507.htm">Strong's 5507: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand. Plural of uncertain affinity; a thousand.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτη</span> <span class="translit">(etē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2094.htm">Strong's 2094: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are complete,</span><br /><span class="grk">τελεσθῇ</span> <span class="translit">(telesthē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5055.htm">Strong's 5055: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I end, finish, (b) I fulfill, accomplish, (c) I pay. From telos; to end, i.e. Complete, execute, conclude, discharge.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Satan</span><br /><span class="grk">Σατανᾶς</span> <span class="translit">(Satanas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4567.htm">Strong's 4567: </a> </span><span class="str2">An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be released</span><br /><span class="grk">λυθήσεται</span> <span class="translit">(lythēsetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3089.htm">Strong's 3089: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary verb; to 'loosen'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prison,</span><br /><span class="grk">φυλακῆς</span> <span class="translit">(phylakēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5438.htm">Strong's 5438: </a> </span><span class="str2">From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/20-7.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 20:7 And after the thousand years Satan will (Rev. 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