1. And I saw a messenger coming down from the heaven, having the key to the pit of the deep and a great chain in his hand.
2. And he seized the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
3. and he threw him into the pit of the deep, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should lead the nations no more astray until the thousand years were ended. And after that he has to be released for a little while.