What is the meaning of the sea in Revelations 20:13?
Revelation 20:13
ESV - 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
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Asked November 18 2013
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daniel dagupon
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Seth Freeman
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I think it literally means the sea. So all those that had died in the sea. It would include all those who were killed during the flood, any who have died in naval battles, been buried at sea, who have died in shipwrecks, or anyone who has peacefully or otherwise died at sea.
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