Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss, and shut itand sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.