Apocalipse 20

The Millennium

Satan bound

1 Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖν*κλειν rell ¦ κλιν ℵA ¦ κλειδα Mept,gpt TR τῆς Ἀβύσσου καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ. 2 Καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸν δράκοντα, τὸν ὄφιν τὸν ἀρχαῖον,*τον οφιν τον αρχαιον rell ¦ ο οφις ο αρχαιος A,NU ὅς ἐστιν*εστιν rell ¦ 1 ο Ma,c,d,h,ipt ℵ διάβολος καὶ ὁ*ο f35 Mapt,b,d,f,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ --- Mapt,d,e,g,h,i TR (OC is in small print.) Σατανᾶς, ὁ πλανῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην,*ο πλανων την οικουμενην ολην f35 Ma,b,fpt,g,i CP,RP,HF ¦ 1234 OC ¦ --- Md,e,fpt,h ℵA,NU,TR (Since most versions are based on TR or NU, very few contain this important clause.) (OC is in small print.) καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν χίλια ἔτη· 3 καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Ἄβυσσον καὶ ἔκλεισεν*εκλεισεν f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εδησεν Md,e2/7 ¦ 1 αυτον TR καὶ ἐσφράγισεν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ πλανᾷ*πλανα f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ πλανηση Md,e,h A,NU,TR ¦ πλανησει ℵ ἔτι τὰ ἔθνη*ετι τα εθνη rell ¦ ∼ 231 TR ¦ 23 Mept ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη. Καὶ*και f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,ipt CP,RP,TR ¦ --- Ma,b,g,h,ipt ℵA,HF,OC,NU μετὰ ταῦτα δεῖ αὐτὸν λυθῆναι*αυτον λυθηναι f35 Mbpt,d,e,f,h,ipt ℵ,CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 21 Ma,bpt,f,g,h,ipt A,HF,NU μικρὸν χρόνον.

Saints reign

4 Καὶ εἶδον θρόνους, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, καὶ κρῖμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ οἵτινες οὐ προσεκύνησαν τῷ Θηρίῳ*τω θηριω f35 Ma,bpt,e,f,g,h,ipt CP,TR ¦ το θηριον Ma,bpt,d,f,g,h,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU οὔτε*ουτε f35 Ma,bpt,d,e,f,ipt CP,OC,TR ¦ ουδε Ma,bpt,f,g,h,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,NU τῇ εἰκόνι*τη εικονι f35 Me,g,h,i CP ¦ την εικονα Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβον τὸ χάραγμα ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον αὐτῶν*το μετωπον αυτων f35 Md,e,f CP,OC,TR ¦ των μετωπων 3 Md,e,i ¦ 12 Ma,b,e,f,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,NU ¦ των μετωπων Mg,h καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἔζησαν καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν μετὰ τοῦ*του rell ¦ --- Me TR Χριστοῦ χίλια*χιλια f35 Mbpt,d,e,f,h,i ℵA,CP,OC,NU ¦ τα 1 Ma,bpt,d,e,f,g,h,i RP,HF,TR ἔτη. 5 (Καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔζησαν ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη.)*και (A,TR) οι (+δε Mg,TR) λοιποι των νεκρων (ανθρωπων Mbpt) ουκ εζησαν αχρι (ανεστησαν αχρι Me2/7; ανεζησαν εως Mg,TR)(εως OC) τελεσθη (τελεσθωσιν Md; τελεσθηναι Mhpt) τα χιλια ετη f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i (A)CP,RP,HF(OC)NU(TR) ¦ omit sentence Ma,g,i ℵ Αὕτη ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη. 6 Μακάριος καὶ ἅγιος ὁ ἔχων μέρος ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τῇ πρώτῃ· ἐπὶ τούτων ὁ δεύτερος θάνατος*ο δευτερος θανατος f35 Ma,b,ept,f,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ∼ 1312 Md,ept,g TR οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλ᾿ ἔσονται ἱερεῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ*μετ αυτου f35 Ma2/7,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ μετα ταυτα Ma,f,g,i χίλια*χιλια rell ¦ τα 1 ℵ[NU] ἔτη.

The final rebellion

7 Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ*οταν τελεσθη f35 Mb,d,e,f,h,ipt (ℵ)A,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ οτε ετελεσθησαν Me ¦ οτε 2 Me ¦ μετα Ma,f2/7,g,ipt HF τὰ χίλια ἔτη λυθήσεται ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, 8 καὶ ἐξελεύσεται πλανῆσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ταῖς τέσσαρσιν γωνίαις τῆς γῆς, τὸν Γὼγ καὶ τὸν*τον f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ --- Md,e,f2/7,h ℵA,NU Μαγώγ, συναγαγεῖν*συναγαγειν f35 Ma,b,e,f2/7,g,h,i A,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ και 1 Mb,d,e,f,i ℵ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν*τον f35 Ma,bpt,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ --- Mbpt,d,e,f TR πόλεμον, ὧν ὁ ἀριθμὸς*αριθμος f35 Ma,bpt,d,e,f,i CP,RP,TR ¦ 1 αυτων Ma,bpt,g,h,i ℵA,HF,OC,NU ὡς ἡ*ως η f35 Mapt,b,d,e,f5/7,h,i CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ ωσει Mapt,e,f2/7,g,h,i ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης. 9 Καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκύκλευσαν*εκυκλευσαν f35 Ma,h,i A,CP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εκυκλωσαν Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵ,RP,TR (The two verbs are quite similar in form and apparently virtually identical in meaning.) τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην. Καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ*πυρ εκ του ουρανου απο του θεου f35 Ma,b,d,e,f,(g),i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ 1234 Md,h() A,NU ¦ ∼ 127534 Me ¦ ∼ 1267534 Me ¦ ∼ 2671534 Me ¦ ∼ 1567234 Mg,h TR ¦ --- ℵ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς. 10 Καὶ ὁ Διάβολος, ὁ πλανῶν αὐτούς, ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ*και f35 Ma,e,f,ipt (A)CP,RP,HF,NU,TR ¦ 1 του Mb,d,e,h,ipt (ℵ)OC ¦ του Mg θείου, ὅπου καὶ*και rell ¦ --- Me,ipt ℵ,TR τὸ Θηρίον καὶ ὁ Ψευδοπροφήτης. Καὶ βασανισθήσονται ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.

The Great White Throne

11 Καὶ εἶδον θρόνον μέγαν λευκὸν*μεγαν λευκον f35 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ∼ 21 Ma,bpt,d,e,f,h,i TR καὶ τὸν καθήμενον ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν,*επ αυτον rell ¦ 1 αυτου A,TR ¦ επανω αυτου ℵ ¦ 1 αυτω OC οὗ ἀπὸ*απο rell ¦ 1 του ℵA,NU προσώπου ἔφυγεν ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ.*ο ουρανος και η γη f35 CP ¦ ∼ 45312 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (Representatives of Ma,d,e,h join f35.) Καὶ τόπος οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῖς. 12 Καὶ εἶδον τοὺς νεκρούς, τοὺς μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς, ἑστῶτας*τους μεγαλους και τους μικρους εστωτας f35 Mbpt,d,e,g,h,ipt A,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ∼ 645312 Mbpt,f,i ¦ ∼ 323456 ℵ ¦ ∼ 5326 Mf TR ¦ 6 Ma,i ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου,*ενωπιον του θρονου rell ¦ 12 θεου Md,e TR ¦ 123 του θεου Me ¦ επι 23 ℵ καὶ βιβλία ἀνεῴχθησαν.*ανεωχθησαν f35 Mh CP ¦ ηνεωχθησαν Me,g,h,i RP,TR ¦ ηνοιχθησαν Mb,d,f,h,i A,OC,NU ¦ ηνεωχθη ℵ ¦ ηνοιξαν Ma,(g),i HF (Apparently we have alternate spellings that do not affect the meaning.) Καὶ ἄλλο Βιβλίον ἀνεῴχθη,*ανεωχθη f35 Mf,h CP ¦ ηνεωχθη Ma,b,e,f,g,hpt,i RP,HF(TR) ¦ ηνοιχθη Mbpt,d,ept A,OC,NU ¦ --- ℵ ὅ ἐστιν τῆς Ζωῆς. Καὶ ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροὶ ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν. 13 Καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡ θάλασσα τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ νεκρούς,*εν αυτη νεκρους f35 Ma,e CP,TR ¦ εαυτης 3 Me ¦ ∼ 3 τους 12 Ma,b,d,f,g,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU (The dead have already been introduced, emphatically, in verse 12, so here the unmarked form is appropriate.) καὶ ὁ Θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾍδης ἔδωκαν τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς νεκρούς.*εν αυτοις νεκρους f35 Ma,e TR ¦ εαυτων 3 Mg CP ¦ ∼ 3 τους 12 Ma,b,d,f,gpt,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU Καὶ ἐκρίθησαν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.*αυτων f35 Mapt,d,e,f2/7,g,h ℵA,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ αυτου Mapt,b,f,i HF 14 Καὶ ὁ Θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾍδης ἐβλήθησαν εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ θάνατος ὁ δεύτερος,*εστιν ο θανατος ο δευτερος f35 CP ¦ ∼ 1453 Ma,e,h,ipt TR ¦ ∼ 23451 Mapt,b,e,f,gpt,h,ipt A,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ∼ 2351 Md ¦ --- Ma,ept ¦ ∼ 4531 Mh ℵ ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός.*η λιμνη του πυρος rell ¦ --- Mapt,e,h,ipt OC,TR 15 Καὶ εἴ τις οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν τῇ Βίβλῳ*εν τη βιβλω f35 M(d),e,g2/7,h,i ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 τω βιβλιω Ma,b,f,g,i RP,HF ¦ εις την βιβλον Me τῆς Ζωῆς γεγραμμένος ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός.