Revelation 20:10
in Revelation 20And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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ASV
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
KJV
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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This verse in Revelation 20
Commentary
13 notes on this verseIf sorrow, and mourning, and sighing, and death itself, assail us from the afflictions both of soul and body, how shall they be removed, except by the cessation of their causes, that is to say, the afflictions of flesh and soul? where will you find adversities in the presence of God? where, incursions of an enemy in the bosom of Christ? where, attacks of the devil in the face of the Holy Spirit?-now that the devil himself and his angels are "cast into the lake of fire." Where now is necessity, and what they call fortune or fate?
This site's exposition
tormented day and night
The devil who had deceived them joins the beast and the false prophet in the lake of fire and sulfur. Their torment is day and night forever and ever, Greek eis tous aionas ton aionon, the phrase for God's own life at 4:9. Here ends the serpent of Genesis 3:15.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers5 voices
A commentator
Caesarius of ArlesEXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 20:9, HOMILY 18 · Written before 542.
proposed
"And the devil and his people went up into the height of the earth," that is, in the presumption of their arrogance, and "they surrounded the camp of the saints and the city of the beloved," that is, the church. This refers to what was …
And the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the False Prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Let the reader know that the present Revelation has handed …
A commentator
Victorinus of PettauCommentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John · Written before 304.
proposed
"And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil who seduced them was cast into the take of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."]This belongs to the last judgment.
John goes on to state succinctly the full punishment that is to be meted out in the last judgment to the hostile city and its prince, the devil.… Why has the church been so intolerant with those who defend the view that, however greatly and however long the devil is to be punished, he can be promised ultimately that all will be purged or pardoned? Certainly it is not because so many of the church's saints and biblical scholars have begrudged the devil and his angels a final cleansing and the beatitude of the kingdom of heaven. Nor is it because of any lack of feeling for so many and such high angels that must suffer such great and enduring pain. This is not a matter of feeling but of fact. The fact is that there is no way of waiving or weakening the words that the Lord has told us that he will pronounce in the last judgment: "Depart from me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels." In this way he showed plainly that it is an eternal fire in which the devil and his angels are to burn. Then we have the words of the Apocalypse: "and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." In the one text we have "everlasting," in the other, "forever and ever." These are words that have a single meaning in the divine Scripture, namely, of unending duration.
"And they ascended upon the height of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints." Lifted up by their arrogance, the impious ascended into the heights, but their earthly arrogance holds them back. They are wise in nothing heavenly, nor do they fear the …
6 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church2 voices
Just as fierce animals come out of their caves, so, it says, those led by the devil and the demons with him will come from their various locations and spread themselves out over the earth to ravage the camp of the saints, clearly meaning the …
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, etc. That is, the devil will be cast into the eternal fire at the final judgment, where all whom he has led will also go, that is, the majority of …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the devil that deceived them,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
And the devil - was cast onto the lake - Before Satan was bound, that is, his power was curtailed and restrained; now, he is cast into the lake of fire, his power being totally taken away.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
that deceived--Greek, "that deceiveth." lake of fire--his final doom: as "the bottomless pit" (Re 20:1) was his temporary prison. where--so Coptic.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the devil that deceived them - See the notes on Rev 20:3, Rev 20:8. Was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone - In Rev 19:20, it is said of the beast and the false prophet that they were “cast alive into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone.” Satan, on the other hand, instead of being doomed at once to that final ruin, was confined for a season in a dark abyss, Rev 20:1-3. As the final punishment, however, he is appropriately represented as consigned to the same doom as the beast and the false prophet, that those great enemies of God, that had been associated and combined in deceiving the nations, might share the same appropriate punishment in the end. Compare Rev 16:13-14. Where the beast and the false prophet are - See the notes on Rev 19:20. And shall be tormented day and night forever - Compare the notes on Rev 14:11. All the great enemies of the church are destroyed, and henceforward there is to be no array of hostile forces; no combination of malignant powers against the kingdom of God. The gospel triumphs; the way is prepared for the final consummation. Section d. - Condition of things in the period referred to in Rev 20:9-10; (1) There will be, after the release of Satan, and of course at the close of the millennial period properly so called, a state of things which may be well represented by the invasion of a country by hostile, formidable forces. This, as shown in the exposition, need not be supposed to be literal; but it is implied that there will be decided hostility against the true religion. It may be an organization and consolidation, so to speak, of infidel principles, or a decided worldly spirit, or some prevalent form of error, or some new form of depravity that shall be developed by the circumstances of that age. […]
The words behind it
31 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| διάβολος | diabolos | devil | G1228 → | 37 times |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πλανῶν | planon | is deceiving | G4105 → | 39 times |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἐβλήθη | eblethe | he was cast | G906 → | 121 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| λίμνην | limnen | lake | G3041 → | 11 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πυρὸς | puros | of fire | G4442 → | 70 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| θείου | theiou | of sulfur | G2303 → | 7 times |
| ὅπου | hopou | where [are] | G3699 → | 82 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θηρίον | therion | beast | G2342 → | 46 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ψευδοπροφήτης, | pseudoprophetes | false prophet, | G5578 → | 11 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| βασανισθήσονται | basanisthesontai | they will be tormented | G928 → | 12 times |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | day | G2250 → | 389 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| νυκτὸς | nuktos | night | G3571 → | 61 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἰῶνας | aionas | ages | G165 → | 121 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἰώνων.¶ | aionon | ages. | G165 → | 121 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
διάβολοςdevil
diabolosG1228 →37 times
ὁwho
hoG3588 →19766 times
πλανῶνis deceiving
planonG4105 →39 times
αὐτοὺςthem
autousG846 →5565 times
ἐβλήθηhe was cast
ebletheG906 →121 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
λίμνηνlake
limnenG3041 →11 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
πυρὸςof fire
purosG4442 →70 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
θείουof sulfur
theiouG2303 →7 times
ὅπουwhere [are]
hopouG3699 →82 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
θηρίονbeast
therionG2342 →46 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ψευδοπροφήτης,false prophet,
pseudoprophetesG5578 →11 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
βασανισθήσονταιthey will be tormented
basanisthesontaiG928 →12 times
ἡμέραςday
hemerasG2250 →389 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
νυκτὸςnight
nuktosG3571 →61 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
αἰῶναςages
aionasG165 →121 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
αἰώνων.¶ages.
aiononG165 →121 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
it leads to
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:29
and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Revelation 20:15
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:8
Through
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6–7
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- 2 Peter 2:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 20:9-10; Apringius of Beja, TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 20:8; Augustine of Hippo, City of God 20.14; 21.23; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 20:9, HOMILY 18; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation; Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh and Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John.
