Revelation 20:15 BSB

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

KJV

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life,.... Upon the opening of it, Rev 20:12 as all that worship the beast, and wonder after him, Rev 13:8 and all wicked men, everyone of them: was cast into the lake of fire; where are the devil, beast, and false prophet, Rev 19:20. It is a saying of R.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And whosoever - All persons, of all ranks, ages, and conditions. No word could be more comprehensive than this. The single condition here stated, as being what would save any from being cast into the lake of fire, is, that they are “found written in the book of life.” All besides these, princes, kings, nobles, philosophers, statesmen, conquerors; rich men and poor men; the bond and the free; the young and the aged; the frivolous, the vain, the proud, and the sober; the modest and the humble, will be doomed to the lake of fire.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The blissful lot of the righteous is not here specially mentioned as their bliss had commenced before the final judgment. Compare, however, Mt 25:34, 41, 46.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἴ	ei	if	G1487 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
εὑρέθη	heurethē	was found	G2147 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
βίβλῳ	biblō	book	G976 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ζωῆς	zōēs	of life	G2222 →
γεγραμμένος,	gegrammenos	written,	G1125 →
ἐβλήθη	eblēthē	he was cast	G906 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
λίμνην	limnēn	lake	G3041 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
πυρός.¶	puros	of fire.	G4442 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
leads to
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 10:9
  I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 1:4
  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
Through
Acts 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
leads to
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11
  For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- 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.”