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Text -- Revelation 20:14 (NET)

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20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death– the lake of fire.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Hades the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Vision | UNQUENCHABLE FIRE | Spiritual Death | Second Death | SATAN | REVELATION OF JOHN | Milleium | Lake | LAKE OF FIRE | Judgment, The final | Judgment | IMMORTAL; IMMORTALITY | Hell | Hades | FURNACE | Eternal death | ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X | Death | Angel | ABOLISH | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Defender , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , PBC , Gill

Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes , Geneva Bible

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Barclay , Constable , College

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Rev 20:14 - -- Were cast ( eblēthēsan ). As the devil (Rev 20:10) followed the two beasts (Rev 19:20) into the same dread lake of fire. Death is personified and...

Were cast ( eblēthēsan ).

As the devil (Rev 20:10) followed the two beasts (Rev 19:20) into the same dread lake of fire. Death is personified and is disposed of, "the last enemy"(1Co 15:26) and Paul sings the paean of victory over death (1Co 15:54., from Hos 13:14). Hades has no more terrors, for the saints are in heaven. There is no more fear of death (Heb 2:15), for death is no more (Rev 21:4). The second death (Rev 2:11; Rev 20:6; Rev 21:8) is here identified as in Rev 21:8 with the lake of fire.

Vincent: Rev 20:14 - -- This is the second death Add even the lake of fire .

This is the second death

Add even the lake of fire .

Wesley: Rev 20:14 - -- That is, were abolished for ever; for neither the righteous nor the wicked were to die any more: their souls and bodies were no more to be separated. ...

That is, were abolished for ever; for neither the righteous nor the wicked were to die any more: their souls and bodies were no more to be separated. Consequently, neither death nor hades could any more have a being.

JFB: Rev 20:14 - -- Death and Hades, as personified representatives of the enemies of Christ' and His Church, are said to be cast into the lake of fire to express the tru...

Death and Hades, as personified representatives of the enemies of Christ' and His Church, are said to be cast into the lake of fire to express the truth that Christ and His people shall never more die, or be in the state of disembodied spirits.

JFB: Rev 20:14 - -- "the lake of fire" is added in A, B, and ANDREAS. English Version, which omits the clause, rests on inferior manuscripts. In hell the ancient form of ...

"the lake of fire" is added in A, B, and ANDREAS. English Version, which omits the clause, rests on inferior manuscripts. In hell the ancient form of death, which was one of the enemies destroyed by Christ, shall not continue, but a death of a far different kind reigns there, "everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord": an abiding testimony of the victory of Christ.

Clarke: Rev 20:14 - -- And death and hell were cast into the lake - Death himself is now abolished, and the place for separate spirits no longer needful. All dead bodies a...

And death and hell were cast into the lake - Death himself is now abolished, and the place for separate spirits no longer needful. All dead bodies and separated souls being rejoined, and no more separation of bodies and souls by death to take place, consequently the existence of these things is no farther necessary

Clarke: Rev 20:14 - -- This is the second death - The first death consisted in the separation of the soul from the body for a season; the second death in the separation of...

This is the second death - The first death consisted in the separation of the soul from the body for a season; the second death in the separation of body and soul from God for ever. The first death is that from which there may be a resurrection; the second death is that from which there can be no recovery. By the first the body is destroyed during time; by the second, body and soul are destroyed through eternity.

Defender: Rev 20:14 - -- All who will have been confined in death and Hades will be cast into everlasting fire, along with the devil, his angels (Mat 25:41), who are already t...

All who will have been confined in death and Hades will be cast into everlasting fire, along with the devil, his angels (Mat 25:41), who are already there, the beast and the false prophet.

Defender: Rev 20:14 - -- These will all have died physically, then been resurrected. They will die again physically (or possibly will continue in an eternal state of dying - M...

These will all have died physically, then been resurrected. They will die again physically (or possibly will continue in an eternal state of dying - Mar 9:43-48). This can appropriately be called "the second death.""

TSK: Rev 20:14 - -- death : Rev 19:20; Hos 13:14; 1Co 15:26, 1Co 15:53 This : Rev 20:6, Rev 21:8

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Rev 20:14 - -- And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire - Death and Hades (hell) are here personified, as they are in the previous verse. The declar...

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire - Death and Hades (hell) are here personified, as they are in the previous verse. The declaration is equivalent to the statement in 1Co 15:26; "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."See the notes on that passage. The idea is, that death, considered as the separation of soul and body, with all the attendant woes, will exist no more. The righteous will live forever, and the wicked will linger on in a state never to be terminated by death. The reign of Death and Hades, as such, would come to an end, and a new order of things would commence where this would be unknown. There might be what would be properly called death, but it would not be death in this form; the soul would live forever, but it would not be in that condition represented by the word ᾅδης hadēs - "hades."There would be "death"still, but a "second death differs from the first, in the fact that it is not a separation of the soul and body, but a state of "continual agony"like what the first death inflicts - like that in intensity, but not in kind"(Prof. Stuart).

This is the second death - That is, this whole process here described - the condemnation, and the final death and ruin of those whose names are "not found written in the book of life"- properly constitutes the second death. This proves that when it is said that "death and hell were cast into the lake of fire,"it cannot be meant that all punishment will cease forever, and that all will be saved, for the writer goes on to describe what he calls "the second death"as still existing. See Rev 20:15. John describes this as the second death, not because it in all respects resembles the first death, but because it has so many points of resemblance that it may be properly called "death."Death, in any form, is the penalty of law; it is attended with pain; it cuts off from hope, from friends, from enjoyment; it subjects him who dies to a much-dreaded condition, and in all these respects it was proper to call the final condition of the wicked "death"- though it would still be true that the soul would live. There is no evidence that John meant to affirm that the second death would imply an extinction of "existence."Death never does that; the word does not naturally and properly convey that idea.

Poole: Rev 20:14 - -- And death and hell were cast into lake of fire there shall be no more natural death, nor any more separate state of souls, (so adhv signifies), they...

And death and hell were cast into lake of fire there shall be no more natural death, nor any more separate state of souls, (so adhv signifies), they shall all be swallowed up in the issue of the last judgment, where some shall go into life, some into eternal condemnation. Dr. More expoundeth it of the whole region of mortality being set on fire at the last thunder.

This as to the wicked of the earth, is the second death mentioned Rev 2:11 .

PBC: Rev 20:14 - -- Why is this called the second death? Let Scripture speak for itself as the very word of God. " Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resu...

Why is this called the second death? Let Scripture speak for itself as the very word of God. " Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power." {Re 20:6} " Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." {Ro 6:9-11} By these blessed words we are assured that they, whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life are alive forevermore. They have died in Adam (spiritually, first death) and have been raised (first resurrection) through Christ, and they will never experience the second death. They have passed from death unto life.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 20:14 - -- And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire,.... Death cannot be taken properly, nor hell be the place of torment, for devils and damned spirit...

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire,.... Death cannot be taken properly, nor hell be the place of torment, for devils and damned spirits; since that is that lake of fire, for then the sense would be, hell is cast into hell; but either by these the devil is meant, who has the power of death, and is the prince of hell, were it not that the casting of him into this lake is mentioned before in Rev 20:10 or it denotes the destruction and abolition of death and the grave, that from henceforth they should no more have power over men, nor have any under their dominion, and in their hands; and so what has been promised will now be fully performed, Hos 13:14 see Rev 21:4 or rather the wicked dead, which they shall have delivered up, and will be judged and sentenced to eternal death, Rev 20:13

this is the second death; or the destruction of the soul and body in hell, which will consist in an eternal separation of both from God, and in a continual sense of his wrath and displeasure. The Alexandrian copy and the Complutensian edition read, "this second death is the lake of fire"; and so the Arabic version, "and this is the second death, even the lake of fire"; and not much different is the Ethiopic version, "the second death, which is the fire of hell".

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 20:14 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

Geneva Bible: Rev 20:14 ( 26 ) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ( 26 ) The last enemy which is death shall be abolished by Chris...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rev 20:1-15 - --1 Satan bound for a thousand years.6 The first resurrection; they blessed that have part therein.7 Satan let loose again.8 Gog and Magog.10 The devils...

MHCC: Rev 20:11-15 - --After the events just foretold, the end will speedily come; and there is no mention of any thing else, before the appearing of Christ to judge the wor...

Matthew Henry: Rev 20:11-15 - -- The utter destruction of the devil's kingdom very properly leads to an account of the day of judgment, which will determine every man's everlasting ...

Barclay: Rev 20:11-15 - --Now comes the final judgment. God, the Judge, is on his great white throne which symbolizes his unapproachable purity. It may be that some will fin...

Barclay: Rev 20:11-15 - --Now follows the judgment of mankind. It is the judgment of great and small. There is none so great as to escape the judgment of God, and none so uni...

Constable: Rev 4:1--22:6 - --III. THE REVELATION OF THE FUTURE 4:1--22:5 John recorded the rest of this book to reveal those aspects of the f...

Constable: Rev 20:1-15 - --M. The millennial reign of Christ ch. 20 John recorded his vision of Jesus Christ's reign on the earth f...

Constable: Rev 20:11-15 - --4. The judgment of the wicked 20:11-15 20:11 This "And I saw" introduces something else John saw in this vision (cf. 19:11, 17, 19; 20:1, 4, 12; 21:1,...

College: Rev 20:1-15 - --REVELATION 20 i. Deliverance from Babylonian Captivity (20:1-22:6) Revelation 20:1-22:5 consists of a very beautiful and very elaborate network of s...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE REVELATION OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 95 By Way of Introduction Difficulty in the Problem Perhaps no single book in the New Testament presents so ...

JFB: Revelation (Book Introduction) AUTHENTICITY.--The author calls himself John (Rev 1:1, Rev 1:4, Rev 1:9; Rev 2:8). JUSTIN MARTYR [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 308] (A.D. 139-161) quotes ...

JFB: Revelation (Outline) TITLE: SOURCE AND OBJECT OF THIS REVELATION: BLESSING ON THE READER AND KEEPER OF IT, AS THE TIME IS NEAR: INSCRIPTION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES: APOSTOL...

TSK: Revelation (Book Introduction) The obscurity of this prophecy, which has been urged against its genuineness, necessarily results from the highly figurative and symbolical language i...

TSK: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rev 20:1, Satan bound for a thousand years; Rev 20:6, The first resurrection; they blessed that have part therein; Rev 20:7, Satan let lo...

Poole: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 20

MHCC: Revelation (Book Introduction) The Book of the Revelation of St. John consists of two principal divisions. 1. Relates to " the things which are," that is, the then present state of...

MHCC: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) (Rev 20:1-3) Satan is bound for a thousand years. (Rev 20:4-6) The first resurrection; those are blessed that have part therein. (Rev 20:7-10) Satan...

Matthew Henry: Revelation (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Revelation of St. John the Divine It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this b...

Matthew Henry: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy: it is very probable that the things contained in it are not yet accomp...

Barclay: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE REVELATION OF JOHN The Strange Book When a student of the New Testament embarks upon the study of the Revelation he feels him...

Barclay: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) The Thousand Year Reign Of Christ And The Saints (Rev_20:1-15) Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the fou...

Constable: Revelation (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The opening verses of the book state that "John" wr...

Constable: Revelation (Outline) Outline I. The preparation of the prophet ch. 1 A. The prologue of the book 1:1-8 ...

Constable: Revelation Revelation Bibliography Abbott-Smith, George. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & ...

Haydock: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. Though some in the first ages [centuries] doubted whether this book was canonical, and ...

Gill: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION That this book was written by the Apostle and Evangelist John, is clear not only from the express mention of his name, a...

Gill: Revelation 20 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 20 This chapter contains the binding of Satan, the saints' thousand years' reign with Christ, the loosing of Satan again...

College: Revelation (Book Introduction) PREFACE This commentary on the Revelation of John has been prepared for general readers of the Bible who desire to deepen their understanding of God'...

College: Revelation (Outline) OUTLINE I. PROLOGUE - 1:1-20 A. Introduction to the Prophecy - 1:1-3 B. Sender - 1:4a C. Recipients - 1:4b D. Prescript - 1:4c-5a E. ...

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