“"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a chain in his hand. And he held the dragon, that old serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations n…”
Victorinus of Pettau, 4th c. — Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John
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1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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— Revelation 20:1 —
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.