⁴ Then I saw thrones, and people sat upon them—those to whom authority to judge was given.^[a] And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Yeshua and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image, nor had they received his mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they came to life^[b] and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.