rwp Revelation:19:20
rwp@Revelation:19:20 @{Was taken} (\epiasth\). First aorist (prophetic) passive indicative of the Doric \piaz\ (Attic \piez\). Cf. strkjv@2Thessalonians:2:8|. {The false prophet} (\ho pseudoprophts\). Possibly the second beast of strkjv@13:11-17; strkjv@16:13; strkjv@20:10|. Charles takes him to be "the priesthood of the Imperial cult, which practised all kinds of magic and imposture to beguile men to worship the Beast." {That wrought the signs in his sight} (\ho poiesas ta smeia enpion autou\). As in strkjv@13:14|. {Wherewith} (\en hois\). "In which" signs. {He deceived} (\eplansen\). First aorist active indicative of \plana\. He was only able to deceive "them that had received" (\tous labontas\, articular second aorist active participle of \lamban\, "those receiving") "the mark of the beast" (13:16; strkjv@14:9ff.; strkjv@16:2; strkjv@20:4|) "and them that worshipped his image" (\tous proskunountas ti eikoni autou\) as in strkjv@13:15|. {They twain} (\hoi duo\). "The two." {Were cast} (\eblthsan\). First aorist passive Indicative of \ball\. They fall together as they fought together. "The day that sees the end of a false statecraft will see also that of a false priestcraft" (Swete). {Alive} (\zntes\). Present active participle of \za\, predicative nominative, "living." {Into the lake of fire} (\eis tn limnn tou puros\). Genitive \puros\ describes this \limnn\ (lake, cf. strkjv@Luke:5:1|) as it does \gehenna\ in strkjv@Matthew:5:22|. See also strkjv@20:10; strkjv@21:8|. It is a different figure from the "abyss" in strkjv@9:1ff; strkjv@20:1ff|. This is the final abode of Satan, the beast, the false prophet, and wicked men. {That burneth with brimstone} (\ts kaiomens en theii\). Note the genitive here in place of the accusative \limnn\, perhaps because of the intervening genitive \puros\ (neuter, not feminine). The agreement is regular in strkjv@21:8|. For \en theii\ (with brimstone) see strkjv@14:10; strkjv@20:10; strkjv@21:8|. The fact of hell is clearly taught here, but the imagery is not to be taken literally any more than that of heaven in chapters strkjv@Revelation:4; 5; 21; 22| is to be so understood. Both fall short of the reality.
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