{Were cast} (ebl(8874)h(8873)an). As the devil ( 20:10 ) followed
the two beasts ( 19:20 ) into the same dread lake of fire. Death
is personified and is disposed of, "the last enemy" ( 1Co 15:26 )
and Paul sings the paean of victory over death ( 1Co 15:54f. ,
from Ho 13:14 ). Hades has no more terrors, for the saints are
in heaven. There is no more fear of death ( Heb 2:15 ), for death
is no more ( Re 21:4 ). The second death ( 2:11 20:6 21:8 ) is
here identified as in 21:8 with the lake of fire.
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