1. And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
2. And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3. and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time.