ACC ~ Revelation 19 v21a

A GREAT JUSTICE. OECUMENIUS: “These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire. And the rest were slain by the sword.” O, what a superabundance of justice! He does not reckon those responsible for the war and those who were accomplices worthy of the same punishment. Rather, the two, namely, the devil and the antichrist, were condemned to the fire, in which they will live for eternity—for this is the meaning of their being thrown alive into the fire. The rest are killed by the sword. It is, certainly, much different to give swift justice with the sword than to condemn to fire. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19.17-21.

THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS FOLLOWING WILL BE DESTROYED. PRIMASIUS: “The beast was captured and with him the false prophet.” This refers to the devil and the antichrist or the leaders and their entire following. … There are two, the head and the body, the devil and his society … which shall continue until the end of time. “The rest were slain by the sword … which issues from his mouth.” It divides the one body into parts, wishing to show both those who have been dead a long time and those whom Christ will find living at his second coming, as we read, “whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the brightness of his coming.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19.20-21.

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