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Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
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He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
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and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
