Revelation 20:15

15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15 in Other Translations

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

15 And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

15 Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire.

15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

15 Those whose names were not found in the Book of Life were thrown into the fiery lake.

15 And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

15 Anyone whose name was not written in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 20:15

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
Upon the opening of it, ( Revelation 20:12 ) as all that worship the beast, and wonder after him, ( Revelation 13:8 ) ( 17:8 ) and all wicked men, everyone of them:

was cast into the lake of fire;
where are the devil, beast, and false prophet, ( Revelation 19:20 ) ( 20:10 ) . It is a saying of R. Isaac ^F13,

``woe to the wicked, who are not written (aqtpb) , "in the book", for they shall perish in hell for ever and ever:''

and in the Targum on ( Ezekiel 13:9 ) it is said of the false prophets,

``that (amle yyx btkb) , "in the writing of eternal life" (or in the book of eternal life), which is written for the righteous of the house of Israel, they shall not be written.''

There seems to be some allusion in the phrase used here, and in the preceding verse, and elsewhere in this book, to the lake Asphaltites, a sulphurous lake, where Sodom and Gomorrah stood, which the Jews call the salt sea, or the bituminous lake; and whatsoever was useless, or rejected, or abominable, or accursed, they used to say, to show their rejection and detestation of it, let it be cast into the sea of salt, or the bituminous lake; thus, for instance,

``any vessels that had on them the image of the sun, or of the moon, or of a dragon, (xlmh Myl Mkylwy) , "let them cast them into the salt sea", or bituminous lake ^F14.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Tosaphta in Zohar in Gen. fol. 78. 2.
F14 T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 42. 2. Vid. ib. fol. 49. 1. &. 53. 1. & 71. 2. & Nazir, fol. 24. 2. & 26. 1, 2. Bava Metzia, fol. 52. 2. Temura, fol. 22. 2. & Meila, fol. 9. 2. & 10. 1.

Revelation 20:15 In-Context

13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.

14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.

15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 12