And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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Bede
AD 735
bound him: That is, he kept back and restrained his power from seducing men who were to be set free. For if he were permitted to exert the whole of this, either by force, or deceit, he would beguile most of the weak in so long a time. By the "thousand years," he intended a part, namely, the remainder of the thousand years of the sixth day; in which the Lord was born and suffered. <a
