1  And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand. 2  And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3  and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time. 4  And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years: 5  the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years had been completed. This is the first resurrection. 6  Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7  And when the thousand years have been completed, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,