Revelation 20:7

Revelation 20:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
• New International Version (NIV)When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison

Context of Revelation 20:7

5(But all the other dead people did not become alive again until the 1,000 years had finished.) This is the first time that God raises up dead people to become alive again. 6God has blessed those people that he raises up that first time. They belong to God as his holy people. The second death has no power over them. Instead, they will be priests who serve God and Christ. They will rule as kings with him for 1,000 years. When the 1,000 years have finished, God will let Satan go free out of his prison. 8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea. 9I saw them as they marched over the whole earth. They arrived at the city which God loves. That is where God's people had made their camp. Satan's army made their camp all around the city. Then fire came down from heaven and it destroyed them completely.

Revelation 20:7 word by word

Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, λυθήσεται ὁ σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• the thousandχίλιοιchilioi · thousandG5507
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• are expiredτελέωteleō · to finishG5055
• SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• shall be loosedλύωluō · to looseG3089
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438

Cross-references for Revelation 20:7

• Revelation 20:2He took hold of the dragon. That dragon is the Devil and Satan. He is the snake who has lived since long ago. The angel tied up the dragon with the chain for 1,000 years.

Commentaries on Revelation 20:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Satan shall be loosed - How can this bear any kind of literal interpretation? Satan is bound a thousand years, and the earth is in peace; righteousness flourishes, and Jesus Christ alone reigns. This state of things may continue for ever if the imprisonment of Satan be continued. Satan, however, is loosed at the end of the thousand years, and goes out and deceives the nations, and peace is banished from the face of the earth, and a most dreadful war takes…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And when the thousand years are expired - See Revelation 20:2. Satan shall be loosed out of his prison - See Revelation 20:3. That is, a state of things will then occur as if Satan should be for a time let loose again, and should be permitted to go as formerly over the world. No intimation is given “why or how” he would be thus released from his prison. We are not, however, to infer that it would be a mere arbitrary act on the part of God. All that is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 While this world lasts, Satan's power in it will not be wholly destroyed, though it may be limited and lessened. No sooner is Satan let loose, than he again begins deceiving the nations, and stirring them up to make war with the saints and servants of God. It would be well if the servants and ministers of Christ were as active and persevering in doing good, as his enemies in doing mischief. God will fight this last and decisive battle for his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8When Satan is free to act (Revelation 20:7), he still tries to deceive. He will gather a large army (compare Ezekiel 38–39) in a final attempt to defeat God's people (Revelation 20:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. expired--Greek, "finished."Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 20:7

• Millennium
• Satan
• Vision
• Year

In the dictionaries

• Satan
• Satan, devil, evil one
• Millennium
• Seal
• Gog
• Law, Judicial
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Revelation of John
• Urim and Thummim

Commentaries on Revelation 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings