31 And they begged Him not to banish them to the abyss.(A)

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or, “Who will go down into the abyss?”(A)[a] that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.(B)

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11 They had as their king[a] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[b] and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:11 Or as king over them
  2. Revelation 9:11 Or destruction
  3. Revelation 9:11 Or destroyer

The Witnesses Martyred

When they finish their testimony, the beast[a](A) that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:7 Or wild animal

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss(A) and go to destruction.(B) Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world(C) will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again.(D)

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Satan Bound

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss(A) and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan,[a](B) and bound(C) him for 1,000 years. He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it(D) so that he would no longer deceive the nations(E) until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:2 Other mss add who deceives the whole world

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