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NASB | Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I saw a star (angelic being) that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) was given to him (the star-angel). [Rev 20:1] |
Bible Question:
What is a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth? Who gave the key and to whom was it given? What is the bottomless pit? -How is it related to the star? |
Bible Answer: Hello Steve, "bottomless" is described as the following by Strong's Exhaustive Concordance... "12 'abussos' ab'-us-sos from 1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of 1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":--deep, (bottomless) pit." "pit" is also described as.. "5421 'phrear' freh'-ar of uncertain derivation; a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison):--well, pit." Robertson's Word Pictures comments on the "bottomless pit".. "Of the pit of the abyss (tou freatov thv abussou). Abussov is an old adjective (alpha privative and buqov, depth, without depth), but h abussov (supply xwra place), the bottomless place. It occurs in Rom_10:7 for the common receptacle of the dead for Hades (Sheol), but in Luk_8:31 a lower depth is sounded (Swete), for the abode of demons, and in this sense it occurs in Rev_9:1-2, Rev_9:11; Rev_11:7; Rev_17:8; Rev_20:1, Rev_20:3. Frear is an old word for well or cistern (Luk_14:5; Joh_4:11 f.) and it occurs in Rev_9:1 f. for the mouth of the abyss which is pictured as a cistern with a narrow orifice at the entrance and this fifth angel holds the key to it." John Wesley's Explanatory Notes states, "The key of the bottomless pit - A deep and hideous prison; but different from "the lake of fire." Ryrie's Study Bible states, "the bottomless pit. Lit., the shaft of the abyss. For other uses of this phrase, see Luke 8:31; Rom. 10:7; Rev. 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3. Luke 8:31 indicates that this is the abode of the demons." "And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit—Of the under-world, considered particularly of the abode of the wicked. This is represented often as a dark prison-house, enclosed with walls, and accessible by gates or doors. These gates or doors are fastened, so that none of the inmates can come out, and the key is in the hand of the keeper or guardian. In Rev. 1:18 it is said that the keys of that world are in the hand of the Saviour (compare the notes on that passage); here it is said that for a time, and for a temporary purpose, they are committed to another. The word “pit”— —denotes properly a well, or a pit for water dug in the earth; and then any pit, cave, abyss. The reference here is doubtless to the nether world, considered as the abode of the wicked dead, the prison-house of the guilty. The word “bottomless,” —whence our word “abyss” means properly “without any bottom” (from , the alpha privative (not), and , depth, bottom). It would be applied properly to the ocean, or to any deep and dark dell, or to any obscure place whose depth was unknown. Here it refers to Hades—the region of the dead the abode of wicked spirits—as a deep, dark place, whose bottom was unknown. Having the key to this, is to have the power to confine those who are there, or to permit them to go at large. The meaning here is, that this master-spirit would have power to evoke the dead from these dark regions; and it would be fulfilled if some mighty genius, that could be compared with a fallen star, or a lurid meteor, should summon forth followers which would appear like the dwellers in the nether world called forth to spread desolation over the earth." Barne's Notes on the NT --Nolan |
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