And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Christ Himself is the Angel who binds Satan with chain and key, for none but He has power over the strong man armed. The dragon's strength and subtlety cannot save him from Christ's hands; cast down to his prison with just vengeance, he is shut up and stripped of his old liberty to disturb the churches and deceive the nations.
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Commenting on Revelation 20:1-10
By whom is meant not Paganism, for that was destroyed in the Roman empire under the sixth seal, and was the consequence of the war between Michael and his angels, and the dragon and his; and before this time it will be destroyed in other parts under the sixth and seventh vials, when the kings of the earth, being gathered together at Armageddon, will be...
Verse 2. And he laid hold on. Seized him by violence--εκρατησε. The word denotes the employment of strength or force, and it implies that he had power superior to that of the dragon. Compare ; . We can at once see the propriety of the use of this word in this connexion. The great enemy to be bound has himself mighty power, and can be overcome only by a superior.