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, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles?

The souls

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

When Herod the tetrarch heard all that was going on, he was quite at a loss; for some said that John had risen from the dead,

Beheaded

And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him.

The witness

I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

But I will allow my two witnesses to prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clad in sackcloth

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

And which

He exerts the full authority of the first Beast in his presence, causing the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first Beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

the smoke of their torture rises for ever and ever, and they get no rest from it, day and night, these worshippers of the Beast and his statue, and all who are marked with his name."

And I saw what was like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and, standing beside the sea of glass, those who came off conquerors from the Beast and his statue and the cipher of his name; they had harps of God

The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss ??yet to perdition he shall go ??and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming.

And they

singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

But after three days and a half the breath of life from God entered them; they stood on their feet (terror fell on those who saw them)

and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ ??for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

For if their exclusion means that the world is reconciled to God, what will their admission mean? Why, it will be life from the dead!

if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,