Charles Rose Commentaries
Revelation 2:26
νικών praes. act. part. от νικάω (G3528) преодолевать (см. Revelation 2:7).
τηρών praes. act. part. от τηρέω (G5083) соблюдать, хранить, блюсти,
δώσω fut. ind. act. от δίδωμι (G1325) давать.
νικών praes. act. part. от νικάω (G3528) преодолевать (см. Revelation 2:7).
τηρών praes. act. part. от τηρέω (G5083) соблюдать, хранить, блюсти,
δώσω fut. ind. act. от δίδωμι (G1325) давать.
Verse 26. _POWER OVER THE NATIONS_] Every witness of Christ has power to confute and confound all the false doctrines and maxims of the nations of the world, for Christianity shall at last rule over a...
AND HE THAT OVERCOMETH - notes on Revelation 2:7. AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO THE END - The works that I command and that I require, to the end of his life. Compare John 13:1. To him will I give power...
II. THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE SEVEN CHURCH MESSAGES, AND THEIR PROPHETIC MEANING CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Ephesus: The post-apostolic period (Revelation 2:1)_ 2. Smyrna: The period of persecution (Revelati...
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 letter the...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA. Thyatira, which was about 4 miles SE. of Pergamum, was relatively much less important than the cities already mentioned. It was a commercial centre, and seems to...
_Thyatira_ is named first in Acts, chapter XVI. It is probable that Lydia and her household formed the nucleus of the church. The name is not mentioned again until it appears in Revelation. The city w...
And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like beaten brass. I know your works--I mean your love and yo...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
KEEPETH. See Revelation 1:3. END. See Matthew 24:13. Compare App-125. POWER. App-172. OVER. App-104. NATIONS. Greek. _ethnos._ Genitive translation Gentiles....
_And he that overcometh_, &c. Literally, AND HE THAT OVERCOMETH, AND HE THAT KEEPETH, &c. _my works_ "Such works as I do" is rather the sense than "such as I approve." Cf. John 14:12, "The works that...
ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΤΗΡΩ͂Ν. “He that overcometh and he that keepeth” are one; in most parts of the New Testament there would only be one article. This is the only passage where the promise to him that...
THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA REVELATION 2:18-29:_ Thyatira was the smallest of all the cities to whom letters were written. Jesus said of them, "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and fa...
DISCOURSE: 2493 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:26. He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the...
WILL I GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS:— This is suitable to the title of the Lord Jesus in the beginning of this Epistle, where he calls himself _the Son of God,_ which implies the possession of regal an...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 7 Text Revelation 2:18-29 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are l...
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: AND - implying the close connection of the promise with the exhortation, Revelation 2:25. AND...
__ The Prophetic Section THYATIRA 18 Tertullian and Epiphanius say that there was no ecclesia in Thyatira when John wrote these letters. On this ground many rejected this prophecy in early times. T...
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 time, t...
TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA Christ speaks in His majesty as Son of God (Revelation 2:18). The Church is praised for its increase in love and faith and the service of others, and its patience under trial...
POWER] RV 'authority': cp. Psalms 2:8. Christ's disciples will share in His kingdom: cp. Revelation 20:4; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 22:5
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE 7 *CHURCHES - REVELATION 2:1-3 TO THE *CHURCH IN EPHESUS - REVELATION 2:1-7...
POWER (or, _authority_) OVER THE NATIONS: AND HE SHALL RULE THEM (or, _shepherd them_) WITH A ROD OF IRON; AS THE VESSELS OF A POTTER SHALL THEY BE BROKEN TO SHIVERS. — The promise is of authority (“t...
CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He th...
Triumph here consists in unflagging attention to the duties of a Christian vocation. The ἔργα are (Revelation 14:12; Revelation 19:8) the normal activities of this calling, viewed as the outcome of a...
The longest message of the seven is to a church in the least important of the cities (judged from the historical standpoint) Thyatira, a township of Northern Lydia, the holy city of Apollo Tyrimnaios,...
“HOLD FAST TILL I COME” Revelation 2:18 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 trail of...
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 ar...
TO THE CORRUPTED CHURCH Forty miles southeast of Pergamum was the city of Thyatira. The city was famous for its purple dye, which Lydia sold (Acts 16:11-15). It was the home of numerous trade guilds,...
(20) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give (21) power over the nations: (20) The conclusion, in which Christ assures to his servants the communion of his kingd...
To the Angel of the church of Thyatira. Here is first a commendation of their constancy in the faith, in good works, charity, patience, and ministry, which chiefly regards their bishop, whoever he was...
(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 ch...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
The Church in Thyatira A liar is hard not to believe when he says nice things about you. (So it is when people speak of the Lord, even if it is lies) It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard...
The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to have its whole existence and place before God as light-bearer in the world set aside; secondly, that God will do...
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 groun...
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: Ver. 26. _And keepeth my works_] In opposition to Jezebel's works, _q.d._ that keepeth himself un...
_And he that overcometh_ That holds fast faith and a good conscience, notwithstanding the efforts of the enemies of my gospel to wrest them from him; _and keepeth my works_ Those which I have commande...
OVER THE NATIONS; they shall not prevail against him, but he shall prevail over them....
An admonition and a warning to the congregation at Thyatira:...
AND HE THAT OVERCOMES, AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO THE END, TO HIM WILL I GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS;...
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 assembl...
THYATIRA (VERSES 18-29) The City Of the seven letters, the letter to Thyatira is the longest. The city was known for manufacturing and marketing. Here every trade (silversmiths, candle makers, carpen...
18-29 Even when the Lord knows the works of his people to be wrought in love, faith, zeal, and patience; yet if his eyes, which are as a flame of fire, observe them committing or allowing what is evi...
AND HE THAT OVERCOMETH, AND KEEPETH MY WORKS UNTO THE END: SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 2:7", SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 2:11", SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 2:17". Overcoming is here expounded by keeping Christ...
Tertullian On Idolatry For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier magistrate, not in the earth, but in the...
Revelation 2:26 And G2532 overcomes G3528 (G5723) and G2532 keeps G5083 (G5723) My G3450 works G2041 until...
‘And he who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him will I give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron (or iron sceptre), as the vessels of the potter are...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDITORS AND THE POOR (EXODUS 22:25). In both examples the creditor is to show compassion to the debtor. The examples are too few for a chiasmus. Exodus 22:25 “If you lend mo...
Revelation 2:26. AND HE THAT OVERCOMETH. We come now to the promise contained in this Epistle for the faithful, and it will be observed that for the first time it is not preceded by the call to him ‘t...
HE THAT OVERCOMETH AND HE THAT KEEPETH (ο νικων κα ο τηρων). Present active articular participles of νικαω and τηρεω in the nominative absolute (_nominativus pendens_) as in Revelation 3:12; Revelat...
CONTENTS: Message to Ephesus concerning things «which are.» Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concer...
_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 as t...
TO THOSE WHO WIN the VICTORY. The world may seem to be winning now, but it is the Christians who really are ruling the world right now at this time! (See Revelation 8:3-5; Revelation 5:8-10; Romans 5:...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:26 THE MORNING STAR is Christ (see Revelation 22:16). He is Israel’s ruler and rescuer. Balaam predicted his rise ...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:18 _Thyatira_ is praised for its growing love but is criticized for its lack of discernment and for allowing false teaching. The city was a commercial center. Its main...
4. THYATIRA. Vs. 18-29. Thyatira, the home of Lydia, Paul's first convert in Europe, still exists as a small city of perhaps twenty thousand inhabitants. It is supposed by some that Lydia may have car...
_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 was spec...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _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 letters to be pict...
4. THYATIRA: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE SATANIC RELIGION OF BABYLON Background: Thyatira was an important military city founded by Alexander three hundred years before Christ. Thyati...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 2:1); So the desc...
1 Corinthians 6:3; 1 Corinthians 6:4; 1 John 2:19; 1 John 3:23; 1 J
THE CHURCHES AT PERGAMOS AND THYATIRA Revelation 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish, by way of introduction, to set before you the various seven statements which occur in the Letters to the seven Chur...
By works — Those which I have commanded. To him will I give power over the nations — That is, I will give him to share with me in that glorious victory which the Father hath promised me over all the n...