{And they sat upon them} (kai ekathisan ep' autous). First
aorist active indicative of kathiz(935c). Another period here
apparently synchronous (verse  7 ) with the confinement of Satan
in the abyss. No subject is given for this plural verb.
Apparently Christ and the Apostles ( Mt 19:28  Lu 22:30 ) and
some of the saints ( 1Co 6:3 ), martyrs some hold. {Judgment was
given unto them} (krima edoth(8820)autois). First aorist passive of
did(936d)i. Picture of the heavenly court of assizes. {The souls}
(	as psuchas). Accusative after eidon at the beginning of the
verse. {Of them that had been beheaded} (	(936e) pepelekismen(936e)).
Genitive of the articular perfect passive participle of
pelekiz(935c), old word (from pelekus an axe, the traditional
instrument for execution in republican Rome, but later supplanted
by the sword), to cut off with an axe, here only in N.T. See
 6:9  18:24  19:2  for previous mention of these martyrs for the
witness of Jesus ( 1:9  12:17  19:10 ). Others also besides
martyrs shared in Christ's victory, those who refused to worship
the beast or wear his mark as in  13:15  14:9ff.  16:2  19:20 .
{And they lived} (kai ez(8873)an). First aorist active indicative
of za(935c). If the ingressive aorist, it means "came to life" or
"lived again" as in  2:8  and so as to verse  5 . If it is the
constative aorist here and in verse  5 , then it could mean
increased spiritual life. See  Joh 5:21-29  for the double sense
of life and death (now literal, now spiritual) precisely as we
have the second death in  Re 2:11  20:6,14 . {And reigned with
Christ} (kai ebasileusan meta tou Christou). Same use of the
first aorist active indicative of asileu(935c), but more clearly
constative. Beckwith and Swete take this to apply solely to the
martyrs, the martyrs' reign with Christ.