Decryption After Public-Private Key Pair Revocation

Question

Once a key pair has been revoked, is it still possible to decrypt messages that were previously encrypted?

What if the key is / isn't protected with a strong passphrase?

From what I understand, it is possible since the private key is not modified (or is it?) when revoked. Even if the private key is modified, the numbers making up the private key can be extracted and thus possible to create a new, non-revoked key that can be used to decrypt the messages.

Quoted from https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/

If you lose your private key or someone else gets ahold of it (say, by stealing or cracking your computer), it's important to revoke it immediately before someone else uses it to read your encrypted email or forge your signature.

Answer 1

A revocation doesn't actually change the key - it simply signals others, that they are no longer trustworthy - if the private key has been stolen - or functional (i.e. the receiver is unable to decrypt any messages any longer) - if the private key is lost.

As long as you're in possession of the private key, you can decrypt anything encrypted with the corresponding public key - in fact anyone in possession of the private key can do that.

A passphrase is just a means of protecting the private key by encrypting it - for example if somebody copies the key file.