Revelation 20:14 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

BSB

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death — the lake of fire.

KJV

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

ASV

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire.

BBE

And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.

Original Greek

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καὶ kai And G2532 ὁ ho (the) G3588 θάνατος thanatos Death G2288 καὶ kai and G2532 ὁ ho (the) G3588 ᾅδης hadēs Hades G86 ἐβλήθησαν eblēthēsan were cast G906 εἰς eis into G1519 τὴν tēn the G3588 λίμνην limnēn lake G3041 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 πυρός puros of fire G4442 οὗτος houtos This G3778 ὁ ho the G3588 θάνατος thanatos death G2288 ὁ ho (the) G3588 δεύτερός deuteros second G1208 ἐστιν estin is G1510 ἡ hē the G3588 λίμνη limnē lake G3041 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 πυρός puros of fire G4442

The early church

In this verse, "hell and death" stand for the devil (together with the entirety of his followers) inasmuch as he is the author of death and of the torments of hell.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

There is also a total death for a person, a death of body and soul, namely, when a soul, abandoned by God, abandons the body. In this case, the soul has no life from God and the body no life from the soul. The consequence of such total death is the second death, so called on the authority of divine Revelation. This is the death that our Savior meant when he said, "Be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."Since this second death does not occur until soul and body are reunited, never to be separated again, you might wonder how the body is said to die by a death in which it is not deserted by the soul but rather is given a life by the soul to feel the torment it endures. For in a person's last and everlasting punishment the soul is rightly said to be dead when its life from God is gone, but, since the body's life depends on the soul, how can the body be said to be dead? If the body were dead, it could not feel the bodily torments that are to be felt after the resurrection. It is because life of every kind is good, and pain is evil, that we decline to say that that body lives, in which the soul is the cause, not of life, but of pain? The soul, then, lives by God when it lives well, for it cannot live well unless God is the cause of its good works. The body, however, takes its life from the soul when the soul is alive in the body, whether the soul is receiving any life from God or not.… It is true that when a person is finally damned, he does not lose sensation; nevertheless, because his feelings are not gentle enough to give pleasure nor soothing enough to be restful but are purifying to the point of pain, they can more properly be called death rather than life. The reason why this death of damnation is called a second death is that it comes after that first death, which is a divorce of two natures meant to be in union, whether God and the soul or the soul and the body. It can be said of the first death, the death of the body, that it is good for saints and bad for sinners, but of the second that is certainly good for no one and nonexistent for the saints.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–15

After the events just foretold, the end will speedily come; and there is no mention of any thing else, before the appearing of Christ to judge the world. This will be the great day: the Judge, the Lord Jesus Christ, will then put on majesty and terror. The persons to be judged are the dead, small and great; young and old, low and high, poor and rich. None are so mean, but they have some talents to account for; and none so great, as to avoid having to account for them. Not only those alive at the coming of Christ, but all the dead. There is a book of remembrance both for good and bad: and the book of the sinner's conscience, though formerly secret, will then be opened. Every man will recollect all his past actions, though he had long forgotten many of them. Another book shall be opened, the book of the Scriptures, the rule of life; it represents the Lord's knowledge of his people, and his declaring their repentance, faith, and good works; showing the blessings of the new covenant. By their works men shall be justified or condemned; he will try their principles by their practices. Those justified and acquitted by the gospel, shall be justified and acquitted by the Judge, and shall enter into eternal life, having nothing more to fear from death, or hell, or wicked men; for these are all destroyed together. This is the second death; it is the final separation of sinners from God. Let it be our great concern to see whether our Bibles justify or condemn us now; for Christ will judge the secrets of all men according to the gospel. Who shall dwell with devouring flames?

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Death Vision Hell Hades Lake Second Death