10 [a]And the devil that deceived them, was cast into a lake of fire and brimstone, where that beast and that false prophet are, and shall be tormented even day and night for evermore.

11 [b]And I saw a great [c]white throne, and one that sat on it, [d]from whose face fled away both the earth and heaven, and their place was no more found.

12 And I saw the dead, both great and small stand before [e]God: and the [f]books were opened, and (A)another book was opened, which is the book [g]of life, and the dead were judged of those things, which were written in the books, according to their works.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:10 The third member, eternal destruction against those that are overcome: as I noted in the same place.
  2. Revelation 20:11 The second part of this Chapter, in which is described the judge, in this verse, and the last judgment in the verse following.
  3. Revelation 20:11 That is, a tribunal seat most Princelike and glorious: for so doth the Greek word also signify.
  4. Revelation 20:11 That is, Christ, before whom when he cometh unto judgment, heaven and earth shall perish for the greatness of his majesty, 2 Pet. 3:7, 10, etc.
  5. Revelation 20:12 That is, Christ the judge, 2 Cor. 5:10.
  6. Revelation 20:12 As it were, our books of reckoning or accompts: that is, the testimony of our conscience, and of our works, which by no means can be avoided. This is spoken after the manner of men.
  7. Revelation 20:12 The book of the eternal decree of God, in which God the Father hath elected in Christ according to the good pleasure of his will, those that shall be heirs of life. This also is spoken according to the manner of men.

10 And the devil, who deceived them,(A) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,(B) where the beast(C) and the false prophet(D) had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.(E)

The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(F) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(G) and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(H) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(I) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(J) The dead were judged(K) according to what they had done(L) as recorded in the books.

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