Revelation 20:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Thrones

Matthew 19:28

Luke 22:30

1 Corinthians 6:2

The souls

Luke 9:7

Beheaded

Matthew 24:10

Mark 6:16

Luke 9:9

The witness

Revelation 1:9

Revelation 11:3

Revelation 12:11

And which

And they

2 Timothy 2:12

Bible References

Thrones

Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Know you not that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy to decide concerning the smallest matters?

The souls

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne:

And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

And they asked him, saying: Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient, by the wisdom of the just, in order to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done by him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some, that John had risen from the dead;

Beheaded

And then will many be ensnared, and they will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

But when Herod heard of him, he said: John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead.

And Herod said: John I have beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

The witness

I John, your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And I will give to my two witnesses, that they may prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

And they over came him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives even to death.

And which

And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence; and he causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

and the smoke of their torment ascends from age to age: and they who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name, have no rest day or night.

And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who had obtained the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

The beast that you saw, was, and is not, and will come out of the abyss, and go to perdition; and those who dwell on the earth, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, when they see the beast that was, and is not, though he is yet present.

And they

And they sung a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation:

And after the three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood- upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

and, if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.

For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the reception of them be, but life from the dead?

if we are patient, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;