Revelation 19:20

“And the beast was taken, etc.] At the first onset, as soon as ever the battle begun, and carried away captive, as it was threatened he should, (<661310>Revelation 13:10) and this by Christ, who will destroy him with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming, (<530208>2 Thessalonians 2:8). And with him the false prophet; that is, the second beast in (<661311>Revelation 13:11-14) as appears by the characters by which he is here described, or antichrist in his ecclesiastic capacity; that is, the pope with his clergy: and indeed, when the antichristian princes and states are taken and destroyed, which are the support of the Papacy, that must in consequence sink, be crushed and…”

“and with him the false prophet--A reads, "and those with him." B reads, "and he who was with him, the false prophet." miracles--Greek, "the miracles" (literally, "signs") recorded already (Rev 13:14) as wrought by the second beast before (literally, 'in sight of') the first beast. Hence it follows the second beast is identical with the false prophet. Many expositors represent the first beast to be the secular, the second beast to be the ecclesiastical power of Rome; and account for the change of title for the latter from the "other beast" to the "false prophet," is because by the judgment on the harlot, the ecclesiastical power will then retain nothing of its former character save the power…”

“And the beast was taken - That is, was taken alive, to be thrown into the lake of fire. The hosts were slain Revelation 19:21, but the leaders were made prisoners of war. The general idea is, that these armies were overcome, and that the Messiah was victorious; but there is a propriety in the representation here that the leaders - the authors of the war should be taken captive, and reserved for severer punishment than death on the battlefield would be - for they had stirred up their hosts, and summoned these armies to make rebellion against the Messiah. The beast here, as all along, refers to the papal power; and the idea is that of its complete and utter overthrow, as if the leader of an…”

“The false prophet, who had wrought the miracles before him - And therefore shared in his punishment; these two ungodly men were cast alive - Without undergoing bodily death. Into the lake of fire - And that before the devil himself, Rev 20:10. Here is the last of the beast. After several repeated strokes of omnipotence, he is gone alive into hell. There were two that went alive into heaven; perhaps there are two that go alive into hell. It may be, Enoch and Elijah entered at once into glory, without first waiting in paradise; the beast and the false prophet plunge at once into the extremest degree of torment, without being reserved in chains of darkness till the judgment of the great day.…”

“19:20 beast . . . false prophet See 13:1-10. • The fiery lake of burning sulfur provides a picture of eternal punishment (see 20:10, 14-15; 21:8; see also Isa 66:24; Matt 13:41, 49-50; Mark 9:43, 48). • God’s enemies are thrown into the fiery lake. The two beasts (Rev 19:20) are followed by the dragon (20:10) and then by death (20:14) and unsaved humans (20:15).”

“the beast: Rev 19:19, Rev 13:1-8, Rev 13:18, Rev 17:3-8, Rev 17:12; Dan 2:40-45, Dan 7:7, Dan 7:12-14, Dan 7:19-21, Dan 7:23 the false: Rev 13:11-17, Rev 16:13, Rev 16:14, Rev 20:10, Rev 22:15; Dan 7:8-11, Dan 7:24-26, Dan 8:24, Dan 8:26; Th2 2:8-11 These: Rev 20:10, Rev 20:14; Dan 7:11, Dan 11:45 burning: Rev 14:10, Rev 21:8; Gen 19:24; Deu 29:23; Job 18:15; Psa 11:6; Isa 30:33, Isa 34:9; Eze 38:22 Revelation 19:21”