Revelation 20:3 Cross References
Revelation 20:3
3: The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he would be released again for a little while.
Daniel 6:17
- A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel from the lions.
Matthew 27:66
- So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.
Revelation 20:1
- Then I saw an angel come down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand.
Revelation 12:9
- This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
Revelation 17:8
- The beast you saw was alive but isn't now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life from before the world began, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died.
Revelation 20:7
- When the thousand years end, Satan will be let out of his prison.
- He will go out to deceive the nations from every corner of the earth, which are called Gog and Magog. He will gather them together for battle--a mighty host, as numberless as sand along the shore.
- And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God's people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.
- Then the Devil, who betrayed them, was thrown into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
2 Peter 3:8
- But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.
Revelation 13:14
- And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
Matthew 24:24
- For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
- This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
- He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.
- So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies.
Revelation 17:2
- The rulers of the world have had immoral relations with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality."
2 Corinthians 11:13
- These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
- But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
- So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
2 Corinthians 11:3
- But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.
Psalms 90:4
- For you, a thousand years are as yesterday! They are like a few hours!
Revelation 16:14
- These miracle-working demons caused all the rulers of the world to gather for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God Almighty.
- "Take note: I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their robes ready so they will not need to walk naked and ashamed."
- And they gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place called Armageddon in Hebrew.