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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death ,.... Her popes, cardinals, priests, Jesuits, monks, friars, and all that join in the Romish apostasy, they shall be killed with death; there shall be an utter extirpation of them in God's own time; or they shall be killed with the second death: מותנא , when used alone, or as distinct from any other kind of death, signifies the plague; compare with this 2 Kings 9:24 , and all the churches : that shall be in being at the time of Rome's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:24

But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira ,.... The copulative and is left out in the Alexandrian copy and Complutensian edition, and if retained, it may be rendered thus, "even unto the rest"; the persons spoken to are the same, the pastor of this church, with his colleagues, and all the rest of the faithful in it; which shows that this epistle, and so the rest, were not written to the pastors only, but to the churches; and that the pastor and his colleagues, with others, were free... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:25

But that which ye have already ,.... Which was something good, even the faithful word, the form of sound words, the mystery and doctrine of faith; this they had received from Christ and his apostles; they had it in their hearts, and a comfortable experience of the truth and power of it, and had made a profession of it, which they now held, and are here exhorted to hold fast: hold fast till I come ; meaning the coming of Christ, either at the Reformation by Luther, Calvin, and others,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:26

And he that overcometh ,.... Jezebel and her idolatries, her children, and all that commit adultery with her; such as are not drawn into the same evil practices with them, but bravely stand their ground against the Romish antichrist and his followers, and bear their testimony against his impious doctrines and idolatrous practices: and keepeth my works unto the end ; either of life, or of this church state, or of time, when Christ will personally appear, even at the end of the world; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:27

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron ,.... Either with the Gospel, which is the rod of Christ's strength, and is the power of God unto salvation, and by which the kingdom of Christ is enlarged, and the power of the church of Christ over the antichristian party is increased; or it may design great strictness and severity, with which the man of sin will be used by the saints of the most High, when they shall take away his dominion from him: as the vessels of a potter shall they be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:28

And I will give him the morning star. So Christ is called, Revelation 22:16 ; and here it designs an illustrious appearance of Christ at the close of this church state, and a communication of much light and grace from him, which introduced the Sardian church state, or the reformation by Luther, Calvin, &c.; which is the phosphorus, or morning star, to the spiritual reign of Christ under the Philadelphian church state; which will be the bright, clear, day of the Gospel, when the present... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:29

He that hath an ear, let him hear ,.... See Gill on Revelation 2:7 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1

Unto the angel of the Church of Ephesus - By αγγελος , angel, we are to understand the messenger or person sent by God to preside over this Church; and to him the epistle is directed, not as pointing out his state, but the state of the Church under his care. Angel of the Church here answers exactly to that officer of the synagogue among the Jews called ציבור שליח sheliach tsibbur , the messenger of the Church, whose business it was to read, pray, and teach in the synagogue. The Church... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:2

I know thy works - For the eyes of the Lord are throughout the earth, beholding the evil and the good; and, being omnipresent, all things are continually open and naked before him. It is worthy of remark, that whatsoever is praiseworthy in any of these Churches is first mentioned; thereby intimating that God is more intent on finding out the good than the evil in any person or Church; and that those who wish to reform such as have fallen or are not making sufficient advances in the Divine... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:3

And hast borne - The same things mentioned in the preceding verse, but in an inverted order, the particular reason of which does not appear; perhaps it was intended to show more forcibly to this Church that there was no good which they had done, nor evil which they had suffered, that was forgotten before God. And hast not fainted - They must therefore have had a considerable portion of this love remaining, else they could not have thus acted. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:3

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