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Revelation 20

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revelation.20.rev209Fire

ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ / ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

From where does the consuming fire descend?

WH and NA28 read 'out of heaven.' Tregelles and RP explicitly add that the fire comes from God out of heaven.

Why this default

The shorter ‘from heaven’ leads because WH and NA28 support it and divine agency is already clear from the narrative, making the explicit ‘from God’ a natural clarification.

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Project defaultcame down from heaven

Project default · from heaven

Witnessesἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ — WH, NA28
Alternativecame down from God out of heaven

Alternate text · from God out of heaven

Witnessesἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ — Tregelles; Byzantine text places ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ after the heaven phrase

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