Revelation 20 in the early church

[Vulgate: Apocalypse]

195 passages quote, allude to, or echo Revelation 20, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15

Revelation 20:1

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:1	Sibylline Oracles 8.191ff. · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	2nd-3rd cent.
Rev 20:1–3	Against Hermogenes 11 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 200–206
Rev 20:1–6	City of God 20.7 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:1–3	Part 4, chapter 4 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:2	Against Heresies 3.23.7 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:2	Heads against Gaius, fragment VII (on Rev 20:2-3) · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200-235
Rev 20:2	Instructions 2.3 · Commodian	allusion, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:2	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:2	Divine Institutes 7.24.5 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:2	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.2 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:2–9	Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:52 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:2	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.19.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
Rev 20:2	Tractates 10 · Gaudentius of Brescia	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 397-410

Revelation 20:3

And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:3	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 25 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:3	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:3	Divine Institutes 7.24.5 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:3	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.2 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:3	City of God 20.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:3	City of God 20.9 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:4	Dialogue with Trypho 80.5 · Justin Martyr	echo, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Rev 20:4	Dialogue with Trypho 81.4 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Rev 20:4	Commentary on Daniel 4.22-23 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
Rev 20:4	Against Marcion 3.24 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Rev 20:4	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 25 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:4	Exhortation to Martyrdom 30 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	235
Rev 20:4	Instructions 2.3 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:4	Instructions 2.39 · Commodian	allusion, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:4	To Fortunatus 12 · Cyprian of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	253 or 257
Rev 20:4	Passion of Montanus and Lucius 11 · Anonymous	echo, low confidence	259
Rev 20:4–6	Symposium 9.5 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:4	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:4	On the Making of the World 6 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:4–6	Church History 3.39.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 300–325
Rev 20:4	Church History 7.24.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300–325
Rev 20:4	Divine Institutes 7.14.11 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:4	Divine Institutes 7.22.8 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:4	Divine Institutes 7.24.2 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:4	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.3 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:4–6	Letter 197 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, low confidence	ca. 360–390
Rev 20:4	Question 126, section 3 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:4	Book of Rules 5 · Tyconius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
Rev 20:4–6	Book of Heresies 59.1 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 380s
Rev 20:4	Sermon 259.2 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
Rev 20:4–6	City of God 20.9 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:4	City of God 20.13 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

Revelation 20:5

The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:5	Dialogue with Trypho 81.4 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Rev 20:5–6	On Monogamy 10 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 210–217
Rev 20:5	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 25 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:5	Lines 979–1002 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:5–6	Symposium 9.3 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:5	Commentary on the Apocalypse 2.4 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:5	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:5–6	Tractates 1.16.11 · Zeno of Verona	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 362-380
Rev 20:5	Book of Rules 5 · Tyconius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380
Rev 20:5	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.54.1 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Rev 20:5	Tractates on the Gospel of John 19.13 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 406–420

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:6	Against Heresies 5.34.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:6	Against Heresies 5.36.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:6	On Christ and Antichrist 65 · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200–215
Rev 20:6	2.37 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 202-204
Rev 20:6	Homilies on Jeremiah 2.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
Rev 20:6	Lines 979–1002 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:6	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:6	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:6	Divine Institutes 7.14.14 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:6	Apology for Origen 7.1 · Pamphilus of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 308–310 (Rufinus's Latin about 397)
Rev 20:6	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.3 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:6	Commentary on Romans 1:1 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:6	Commentary on Romans 1:16 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:6	Commentary on Romans 1:27 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:6	Commentary on Romans 4:23–25 · Ambrosiaster	echo, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:6	Question 47, section 4 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:6	Question 78, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:6	Question 97, section 4 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:6	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 1.54.1 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397
Rev 20:6	Sermon 306.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Rev 20:6	City of God 20.6 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	413–426
Rev 20:6	City of God 20.10 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:6–7	City of God 20.13 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:6	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 92 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 421–423
Rev 20:6	Part 1, chapter 2 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:7

When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:7	Heads against Gaius, fragment VII (on Rev 20:2-3) · Hippolytus of Rome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200-235
Rev 20:7	Instructions 2.2 · Commodian	allusion, low confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:7	Commentary on the Apocalypse 19.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:7	Divine Institutes 7.26.1 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:7	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.6 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:7–10	City of God 20.8 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:7–9	City of God 20.11 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:7–8	Part 4, chapter 4 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:8

and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:8	Heads against Gaius, fragment VII (on Rev 20:2-3) · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200-235
Rev 20:8	Divine Institutes 7.26.1 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:8	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.6 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:8	Part 4, chapter 13 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:9

And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:9	Instructions 2.4 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:9	Divine Institutes 7.17.10 · Lactantius	echo, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:9	Divine Institutes 7.26.1 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:9	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.6 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:9	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.7 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:9	City of God 20.12 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426

Revelation 20:10

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:10	First Apology 28 · Justin Martyr	echo, medium confidence	ca. 150–155
Rev 20:10	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 25 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:10	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 58 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:10	Divine Institutes 7.26.7 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:10	Tractates on the Psalms 148.7 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, high confidence	ca. 360–367
Rev 20:10	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 39.19.3 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
Rev 20:10–13	City of God 20.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	City of God 20.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	City of God 21.10 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	City of God 21.23 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	City of God 21.24 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	City of God 21.26 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:10	Seven Books of History against the Pagans 7.27.16 · Orosius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 417–418
Rev 20:10	Part 4, chapter 12 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450
Rev 20:10	Part 4, chapter 19 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:11	Against Heresies 5.35.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:11	Against Hermogenes 34 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 200–206
Rev 20:11–12	Against Novatian 17 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	after 251 (disputed)
Rev 20:11	City of God 20.16 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:11	Apologetic Book 15.1 · Orosius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 415–416

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:12	Dialogue with Trypho 81.4 · Justin Martyr	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 155–160
Rev 20:12	Against Heresies 2.33.5 · Irenaeus of Lyons	echo, low confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:12	Against Heresies 5.35.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:12	4.51 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
Rev 20:12	On the Resurrection of the Flesh 25 · Tertullian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 208–212
Rev 20:12	Instructions 2.39 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:12–13	Poem 6 (To Flavius Felix on the Resurrection of the Dead), lines 150–173 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th-5th cent. (disputed)
Rev 20:12	Divine Institutes 7.20.1 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:12	Divine Institutes 7.26.6 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:12	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.8 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:12	Catechetical Lecture 19.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem	allusion, low confidence	ca. 350
Rev 20:12	Oration 19.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus	allusion, high confidence	ca. 362–383
Rev 20:12	Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:23 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:12	Historia monachorum, chapter 32 · Rufinus of Aquileia	echo, low confidence	Greek original ca. 394-395; Rufinus's Latin ca. 404-406
Rev 20:12	Apologetic Book 13.3 · Orosius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 415–416
Rev 20:12	Commonitorium 2.361–390 · Orientius of Auch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 420-450
Rev 20:12	Part 4, chapter 19 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:13	Oration to the Greeks 6 · Tatian	echo, low confidence	ca. 165–172
Rev 20:13	A Plea for the Christians 36 · Athenagoras	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 176–180
Rev 20:13	Against Heresies 5.35.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:13	Instructions 2.39 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:13	Res. 2.27 · Methodius of Olympus	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
Rev 20:13	Poem 6 (To Flavius Felix on the Resurrection of the Dead), lines 100–125 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th-5th cent. (disputed)
Rev 20:13	Divine Institutes 7.26.6 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:13	Apology for Origen 7.1 · Pamphilus of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 308–310 (Rufinus's Latin about 397)
Rev 20:13	Poem 31, lines 253–286 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 393–431
Rev 20:13	Greek Questions to the Christians 3.26 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	5th century (disputed)
Rev 20:13–15	City of God 20.15 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:13	City of God 20.16 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:13	Commonitorium 1.241–270 · Orientius of Auch	echo, medium confidence	ca. 420-450
Rev 20:13	Part 4, chapter 18 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:14

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:14	Against Heresies 5.35.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:14	On Christ and Antichrist 65 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 200–215
Rev 20:14	Against the Greeks 1 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:14	Commentary on Daniel 1.22 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 202-204
Rev 20:14–15	Refutation of All Heresies 10.34.2 · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 222–235
Rev 20:14–15	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 3.1 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Rev 20:14	Instructions 1.25 · Commodian	allusion, medium confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:14	Instructions 2.4 · Commodian	allusion, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Rev 20:14	On Mortality 14 · Cyprian of Carthage	allusion, high confidence	252–253
Rev 20:14	Commentary on the Apocalypse 20.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, medium confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 20:14–15	Poem 6 (To Flavius Felix on the Resurrection of the Dead), lines 300–326 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	4th-5th cent. (disputed)
Rev 20:14	Divine Institutes 2.12.8 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:14	Divine Institutes 7.10.10 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Rev 20:14	Demonstration 7.25 · Aphrahat	allusion, medium confidence	337-345
Rev 20:14	Commentary on Romans 5:12 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, low confidence	ca. 366–384
Rev 20:14	Question 34, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:14	Question 36, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:14	Question 113, section 7 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:14	Question 115, section 3 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 20:14	Ancoratus 97.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis	allusion, medium confidence	374
Rev 20:14	Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 9.3.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis	echo, low confidence	374-377
Rev 20:14	On True Religion 27 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 389–391
Rev 20:14	On True Religion 52 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 389–391
Rev 20:14	Sermon 306.5 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Rev 20:14	Sermon 344.4 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 391-430
Rev 20:14	Letters 40.11 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, high confidence	ca. 394–413
Rev 20:14	Tractates on the Gospel of John 43.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 406–420
Rev 20:14	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.13 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, low confidence	411–412
Rev 20:14	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 1.55 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	411–412
Rev 20:14	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 3.20 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	411–412
Rev 20:14	City of God 13.2 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:14	City of God 13.8 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	413–426
Rev 20:14	City of God 19.28 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426
Rev 20:14	City of God 21.3 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	413–426
Rev 20:14	On Adulterous Marriages 2.11 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 419–421
Rev 20:14	On Marriage and Concupiscence 2.46 · Augustine of Hippo	echo, medium confidence	ca. 419–421
Rev 20:14	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 1.40 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 420–421
Rev 20:14	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 92 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	ca. 421–423
Rev 20:14	On the Gift of Perseverance 12 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 428/429
Rev 20:14–15	Part 4, chapter 19 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 20:15	Against Heresies 5.35.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	quotation, high confidence	ca. 180–190
Rev 20:15	Res. 3.2 · Methodius of Olympus	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd cent. (disputed)
Rev 20:15	Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.8 · Lactantius	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–320
Rev 20:15	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 36.26.4 · Ambrose	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 387-397
Rev 20:15	Letters 13.19 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 394–413