Revelation 20:6 BSB

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

BSB

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ASV

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

KJV

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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Commentary

6 voices

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 20:5-6 (614)

From the holy Scriptures we are taught that there are two lives and two deaths. The first life, which is after the transgression of the commandment, is temporary and fleshly. The [second] life is eternal and is promised to the saints because of Christ's obedience …

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

Now "the pain of the stroke" means that inflicted at the beginning upon disobedient man in Adam, that is, death; which [stroke] the Lord will heal when He raises us from the dead, and restores the inheritance of the fathers, as Isaiah again says: "And thou shall be confident in the Lord, and He will cause thee to pass over the whole earth, and feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father." This is what the Lord declared: "Happy are those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those who suffer with Christ shall reign with Christ; they shall reign with him in his spiritual and heavenly kingdom, in a glorious conformity to him in wisdom, righteousness, and holiness, beyond what had been known before in the world. This is called the first resurrection, which none but those who have served Christ and suffered for him shall be favoured with.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

None can be blessed but those that are holy; and all that are holy shall be blessed. These were holy as a sort of first-fruits to God in this spiritual resurrection, and as such blessed by him. (2.) They are secured from the power of the second death.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Blessed - Μακαριος· Happy. And holy; he was holy, and therefore he suffered for the testimony of Jesus in the time when nothing but holiness was called to such a trial. The first resurrection - Supposed to be that of the martyrs, mentioned above. The second death - Punishment in the eternal world; such is the acceptation of the phrase among the ancient Jews. Hath no power - Ουκ εχει εξουσιαν· Hath no authority - no dominion over him. This is also a rabbinical mode of speech. In Erubin, fol. 19, 1; Chagiga, fol.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

34 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μακάριος	makarios	Blessed	G3107 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἅγιος	hagios	holy [is]	G40 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
μέρος	meros	a part	G3313 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἀναστάσει	anastasei	resurrection	G386 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
πρώτῃ·	prōtē	first!	G4413 →
ἐπὶ	epi	Over	G1909 →
τούτων	toutōn	these	G3778 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
δεύτερος	deuteros	second	G1208 →
θάνατος	thanatos	death	G2288 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
ἐξουσίαν,	exousian	power,	G1849 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἔσονται	esontai	they will be	G1510 →
ἱερεῖς	hi'ereis	priests	G2409 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	of Christ	G5547 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βασιλεύσουσιν	basileusousin	will reign	G936 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
χίλια	chilia	a thousand	G5507 →
ἔτη.¶	etē	years.	G2094 →

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

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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
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
leads to
- Revelation 1:6
  who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Isaiah 61:6
  But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
Through
Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5–9
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 19:6
  And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Through
2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
leads to
- Romans 8:17
  And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation