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CHAP. XX.
The Text.
1 AND I saw an Angel come down from heaven [i. e. a very particular and peculiar Ministry of Angels, deputed by God for this purpose,] having the Key of the bottomless pit [i. e. a Power to open and shut the Pit of Hell, Luke 8.31. Rev. 1, 18.9, 1.] and a great chain in his hand [i. e. Powerful means to restrain the Evil Spirits, 2 Pet. 2.4. Jude 6]
2 And he laid 1 hold on [i. e. seized upon, and secured, Matth. 14.3.] the Dragon, that Old Serpent, which is the 2 Devil, and Satan [Gen. 3. Rev. 12.9.] and bound him [i. e. restrained him from 3 deceiving the Nations] a thousand years [i. e. during the Reign of Christ. See on Verse 4.]
Annotations on CHAP. XX.
1 An Account having been given in the former Chapter, how Two parts of the great City, or Two of the Three Ene∣mies of Christ had been disposed of; the Holy Spirit does in this Chapter, from Verse 1 to 4. particularly describe the Event of that Battle, with reference to Satan, or the Devil and his Angels, the Third Enemy, or Third part of the Great City, or Idolatrous and Wicked Polity of the Kingdom of Darkness.