²⁸ Jesus said to them, “I assure you: In the Messianic Age,^[a](A) when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne,^(B) you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

The Saints Reign with the Messiah

⁴ Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.^(A) I also saw the people^[a](B) who had been beheaded^[b] because of their testimony about Jesus^(C) and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(D) They came to life^(E) and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.