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.