Revelation 20:5
“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But the rest of the dead,.... Meaning not the dead saints, for they will be all raised together, but the wicked dead;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
But the rest of the dead - In contradistinction from the beheaded martyrs, and from those who had kept themselves pure…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The rest of the dead lived not again - It is generally supposed from these passages that all who have been martyred for…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Revelation 20:1-10
We have here, I. A prophecy of the binding of Satan for a certain term of time, in which he should have much less power…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
But Should be omitted; there is more authority for reading "and."
This is the first resurrection Here, as with the…
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