The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 20:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison; are finished; that is, the power of the devil having been in principle completely overthrown by our Lord (see on preceding verses), Satan is still permitted to wage war and exercise sway on the earth.

"His prison" is the "abyss" of Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3 (cf. also Revelation 20:3).

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