Revelation, Chapter 20
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 332.
- Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown, letter for letter as the scribe wrote it (no accents, lunate sigma ϲ, nomina sacra such as θϲ for θεός and κϲ for κύριος). Beneath it, for comparison, the reading of Tischendorf's 8th critical edition (1869). Where the two differ, the transcription is what the manuscript actually says.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1και ειδον αγγε καταβαινοντα εχοντα την κλιν τηϲ αβυϲϲου και αλυϲεϲιν μεγαλη εν τη χειρι αυτου 2και εκρατηϲεν τον δρακοντα τον οφι τον αρχαιον ο εϲτι ο διαβολοϲ και ο ϲαταναϲ και εδηϲε αυτον 3ειϲ την αβυϲϲον και εκλιϲεν κ(αι) εϲφραγιϲεν επανω αυτου ϊνα μη πλανηϲει ετι τα εθνη αχρι τελεϲθη τα χιλια ετη μετα ταυτα δι αυτον λυθηναι μικρον χρονον 4και ειδον θρονουϲ και εκαθιϲαν επ αυτουϲ και κριμα εδοθη αυτοιϲ και ταϲ ψυχαϲ των πεπελεκιϲμενω δια την μαρτυριαν ιυ και δια τον λογον του θυ · ειτινεϲ ουν προϲεκυνηϲα το θηριον ουδε τη εικονα αυτου και ουκ ελαβον το χαραγμα επι το μετωπον και επι την χειρα αυτων και εζηϲαν και εβαϲιλευϲαν μετα του χυ χιλια ετη 5αυτη η αναϲταϲιϲ η πρωτη
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
1Καὶ ἴδον ἄγγελον καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔχοντα τὴν κλεῖν τῆς ἀβύσσου καὶ ἅλυσιν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ. 2καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸν δράκοντα, ὁ ὄφις ὁ ἀρχαῖος, ὅ ἐστιν διάβολος καὶ ὁ Σατανᾶς, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν χίλια ἔτη, 3καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον καὶ ἔκλεισεν καὶ ἐσφράγισεν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ πλανήσῃ ἔτι τὰ ἔθνη ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη· μετὰ ταῦτα δεῖ αὐτὸν λυθῆναι μικρὸν χρόνον. 4Καὶ ἴδον θρόνους, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ καὶ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ οἵτινες οὐ προσεκύνησαν τὸ θηρίον οὐδὲ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔλαβον τὸ χάραγμα ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτῶν· καὶ ἔζησαν καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν μετὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ χίλια ἔτη. 5οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔζησαν ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη. αὕτη ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη.
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4And 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. 5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6μακαριοϲ και αγιοϲ ο εχων μεροϲ εν τη αναϲταϲι τη πρωτη επι τουτων ο δευτεροϲ θανατοϲ ουκ εχει εξουϲιαν αλλα εϲοται ϊερειϲ και του θυ και του χυ και βαϲιλευϲουϲιν μετ αυτου τα χιλια ετη 7και οταν τελεϲθηϲε τα χιλια ετη λυθηϲεται ο ϲαταναϲ εκ τηϲ φυλακηϲ αυτου 8και εξελευϲεται πλανηϲαι παντα τα εθνη εν ταιϲ τετραϲι γωνιαιϲ τ̣ωγ και μαγωγ κ(αι) ϲυναγαγειν αυτουϲ ειϲ τον πολεμον ων ο αριθμοϲ αυτων ωϲ η αμμοϲ τηϲ θαλαϲϲηϲ 9και ανεβηϲαν επι το πλατοϲ τηϲ γηϲ και εκυκλωϲαν την παρεμβολην των αγιων και την πολιν την ηγαπημενην και κατεβη 10του πυροϲ και του θιου οπου το θηριον και οπου ο ψευδοπροφητηϲ και βαϲανιϲθηϲονται ημεραϲ και νυκτοϲ ειϲ τουϲ αιωναϲ τω αιωνων
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
6μακάριος καὶ ἅγιος ὁ ἔχων μέρος ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τῇ πρώτῃ· ἐπὶ τούτων ὁ δεύτερος θάνατος οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλὰ ἔσονται ἱερεῖς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν μετ’ αὐτοῦ τὰ χίλια ἔτη. 7Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, λυθήσεται ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, 8καὶ ἐξελεύσεται πλανῆσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ταῖς τέσσαρσιν γωνίαις τῆς γῆς, τὸν Γὼγ καὶ Μαγώγ, συναγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, ὧν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης. 9καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκύκλευσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην. καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς· 10καὶ ὁ διάβολος ὁ πλανῶν αὐτοὺς ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ θείου, ὅπου καὶ τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης, καὶ βασανισθήσονται ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
6Blessed 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. 7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11και ειδον θρονον μεγαν λευκον και τον καθημενον επανω αυτου ου απο του προϲωπου εφυγεν η γη και ο ουνοϲ και τοποϲ ουχ ευρεθη αυτοιϲ 12και ειδον τουϲ νεκρουϲ και μεγαλουϲ και τουϲ μικρουϲ εϲτωταϲ επι του θρονου και βιβλια ηνεωχθη ο εϲτιν τηϲ ζωηϲ και εκριθηϲαν οι νεκροι εκ των γεγραμμενων εν ταιϲ βιβλοιϲ κατα τα εργα αυτων 13και εδωκεν η θαλαϲϲα τουϲ νεκρουϲ τουϲ εν αυτη και οτα θανατοϲ και ο αδηϲ εδωκαν τουϲ νεκρουϲ τουϲ εν αυτοιϲ και κατεκριθηϲαν εκαϲτοϲ κατα τα εργα αυτων 14και ο θανατοϲ και ο αδηϲ εβληθηϲα ειϲ την λιμνην του πυροϲ και ουτοϲ ο δευτεροϲ θανατοϲ εϲτιν η λιμνη του πυροϲ 15και ει τιϲ ουχ ευρεθηϲεται εν τη βιβλω τηϲ ζωηϲ γεγραμμενοϲ εβληθη ειϲ την λιμνην του πυροϲ
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
11Καὶ εἶδον θρόνον μέγαν λευκὸν καὶ τὸν καθήμενον ἐπ’ αὐτόν, οὗ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου ἔφυγεν ἡ γῆ καὶ ὁ οὐρανός, καὶ τόπος οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῖς. 12καὶ εἶδον τοὺς νεκρούς, τοὺς μεγάλους καὶ τοὺς μικρούς, ἑστῶτας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ βιβλία ἠνοίχθησαν· καὶ ἄλλο βιβλίον ἠνοίχθη, ὅ ἐστιν τῆς ζωῆς· καὶ ἐκρίθησαν οἱ νεκροὶ ἐκ τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν. 13καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡ θάλασσα τοὺς νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἔδωκαν τοὺς νεκροὺς τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐκρίθησαν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν. 14καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἐβλήθησαν εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός. οὗτος ὁ θάνατος ὁ δεύτερός ἐστιν, ἡ λίμνη τοῦ πυρός. 15καὶ εἴ τις οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῆς ζωῆς γεγραμμένος ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρός.
11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + Tischendorf 8th edition (bolls.life) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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