Revelation 2:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. ”

• Revelation 2:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And I will kill her children with death - A strong Hebraistic mode of expression, meaning that he would certainly destroy them. It has been made a question whether the word “children” here is to...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 . The Letters to the Seven Churches. These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages are intended for the Church as a whole. In every let...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  children. App-108. death. i.e. pestilence, as Revelation 6:8 ; Revelation 18:8 . know. App-132. searcheth, &c. Compare 1 Kings 8:39 ; Jeremiah 11:20 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 2...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2491 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:19-23 . I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithst...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. And I will k...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And I will kill her children with death;— That is, "I will certainly destroy her offspring and memory, and thereby ruin her designs." Jezebel's two sons, being both kings, were both slain; and, aft...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. Her...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Epistles to the Seven Churches ( Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 ) Since 'seven' is the perfect number, the 'seven churches' represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Her children. — This is to be understood of her followers. The so-called prophetess led the way in looseness of morals, under the pretence of some deeper knowledge. She had her associates and their...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1-29 ; Revelation 3:1-22 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His rig...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Hold Fast Till I Come” Revelation 2:18-29 Note that Jesus does not hesitate to appropriate the sublime title- the Son of God . His eyes penetrate profoundest secrets, and His advent leaves a...

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• Revelation 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily a...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (18) And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; (19) I know thy works, and c...

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• Revelation 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 utte...

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• Revelation 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. Ver. 23....

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• Revelation 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Behold I will at length execute judgment upon her, and let the process of my righteous vengeance be observed. I will cast her into a bed Not of pleasure, but of great tribulation I will severel...

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• Revelation 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Address to Ephesus (vv. 1-7) Each local assembly is addressed on the basis of its responsibility as a testimony for God. Each of these assemblies actually existed and were functioning as ass...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Church in Thyatira. A. D.  95.       18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; The...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And I will kill her children, those who are seduced by her, with death; I will destroy them; unless some special death, such as the plague, be here threatened. So shall all the churches near Thya...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 2:18 . Thyatira .—Situated between Pergamos and Sardis. Inscriptions show that it contained many corporate guilds, one being that of the dyers. Apollo wa...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Epistle the first. Revelation 2:1 . The angel of the church of Ephesus, or the messenger of Christ; for the apostles, and apostolic men, while they remained in any church, were always regarded...

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• Revelation 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 3:1-66 The epistles to the seven Churches. Once more we have to consider rival interpretations. Of these we may safely set aside all those which make the seven lette...

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• Revelation 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Praise and reprimand for the congregation at Thyatira:

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• Revelation 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ; 1 Peter 1:17 ; 1 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 6:30 ; 2 Corinthians 5:10 ; Acts 1:24 ; Deuteronomy 13:11 ; Deuteronomy 17:13 ; Deuteronomy 19:20 ; Deu...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Churches at Pergamos and Thyatira Revelation 2:12-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish, by way of introduction, to set before you the various seven statements which occur in the Letters to the se...

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• Revelation 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And I will kill her children — Those which she hath borne in adultery, and them whom she hath seduced. With death — This expression denotes death by the plague, or by some manifest stroke of God's...

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