Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Revelation 20:1 in English Standard Version "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain." Re 1:18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Re 9:1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.