Rev 20:4 | HCSB | STEP | Then I saw thrones , and people seated on them who were given authority to judge . I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word , who had not worshiped the beast or his image , and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands . They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1, 000 years .

Revelation of John 20:4

The Saints Reign with the Messiah

4 Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. ^a I also saw the people ^{▼▼Lit souls
,} ^c who had been beheaded ^{▼▼All who had given their lives for their faith in Christ} because of their testimony about Jesus ^e and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. ^f They came to life ^g and reigned with the ^{▼▼Messiah: Or the Christ; the Greek word Christos means "the anointed one".}Messiah for 1,000 years.