Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Study Note
Study Note
The beast and the false prophet are 'cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone' — the first inhabitants of the lake that in Revelation 20:14-15 receives death, Hades, and all whose names are absent from the book of life. The 'alive' cast signifies that the beast and false prophet are not annihilated but brought into permanent divine judgment without the intermediate step of physical death. The pairing of political power (beast) and religious legitimation (false prophet) as co-condemned speaks to Revelation's critique of imperial ideology dressed in religious language — a critique with perennial historical application.
Other Translations
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast--the two--to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.
Cross References
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