20 ¹ Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hands. 20 ² He seized the dragon, that serpent of old, the Devil or Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years; 20 ³ he threw him into the abyss, shutting and sealing it over him, so that he might seduce the nations no more till the thousand years were over. After that he must be let loose for a short while.

20 ⁴ Then I saw thrones, and upon them sat those to whom judgement was committed. I could see the souls of those who had been beheaded for the sake of God's word and their testimony to Jesus, those who had not worshipped the beast and its image or received its mark on forehead or hand. These came to life again and reigned with Christ for a thousand years, 20 ⁵ though the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection. 20 ⁶ Happy indeed, and one of God's own people, is the man who shares in this first resurrection! Upon such the second death has no claim; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him for the thousand years.