5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. …
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 and the church much more peace than before. The power of Satan was broken in part by the setting up of the gospel kingdom in the world; it was further reduced by the empire’s becoming Christian; it was yet further broken by the downfall of the mystical Babylon; but still this ser…
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