Revelation 20:4 (WEB)
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Fathers and councils · 7
Eusebius of Caesarea
“And being an enemy of the Scriptures of God, he asserts, with the purpose of deceiving men, that there is to be a period of a thousand years for marriage festivals.”” — editor's note: Cf. Rev. xx. 4. On chiliasm in the early Church, see below, chap. 39, note 19.
Read the whole comment“To these belong his statement that there will be a period of some thousand years after the resurrection of the dead, and that the kingdom of Christ will be set up in material form on this very earth.” — editor's note: Chiliasm, or millennarianism,—that is, the belief in a visible reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years before the general judgment,—was very widespread…
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Justin Martyr
“…whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell a thousand years in Jerusalem; and that thereafter the general, and, in short, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all men would likewise take place.” — editor's note: Literally, “make.” [A very noteworthy passage, as a primitive exposition of Rev. xx. 4–5. See Kaye, chap. v.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…forehead or in their hand;” all these he joins together, as seen by him at one time in the same place, and says, “And they lived and reigned with Christ.”” — editor's note: Rev. xx. 4, 5.
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Tertullian
“…that, after the casting of the devil into the bottomless pit for a while, the blessed prerogative of the first resurrection may be ordained from the thrones; and then again, after the consignment of him to the fire, that the judgment of the final and universal resurrection may be determined out of the books.” — editor's note: Vers. 4–6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”” — editor's note: Rev. xx. 1–6. The whole passage is quoted.
Read the whole comment““And the souls,” says John, “of those who were slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God,”—understanding what he afterwards says, “reigned with Christ a thousand years,”—that is, the souls of the martyrs not yet restored to their bodies.” — editor's note: Rev. xx. 4.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in Church History III.39.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in The City of God XX.7.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 25.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 25.