Her children; her followers. The discrimination of character which Christ will make as to each individual, will show his complete knowledge of the heart, and that nothing has ever been thought, said, or done, with which he was not perfectly acquainted.
Verse 23. _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; a...
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 be ta...
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)...
CHILDREN. App-108. DEATH. i.e. pestilence, as Revelation 6:8; Revelation 18:8. KNOW. App-132. SEARCHETH, &C. Compare 1 Kings 8:39;...
_all the churches shall know_ cf. All flesh shall know, Isaiah 45:2-6; All flesh shall see, Isaiah 40:5; Ezekiel 20:48. -All the Churches" though less extensive than -all flesh" (cf....
THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA...
ΓΝΏΣΟΝΤΑΙ ΠΑ͂ΣΑΙ ΑἹ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙ. Cf. All flesh shall know, Isaiah 49:26; All flesh shall see, Isaiah 40:5; Ezekiel 20:48. “All the Churches” though less extensive than “all flesh” (cf....
_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...
ΆΠΟΚΤΕΝΏ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΚΤΕΊΝΩ (G615) убивать, ΓΝΏΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΈΡΑΥΝΏΝ _praes. act._ 'part, от ΈΡΑΎΝΩ (G2045) искать. _Praes._ указывает на привыч...
DISCOURSE: 2491 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:19. 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. Notwithstanding I h...
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, after...
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 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 CHILDR...
__ 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...
2:23 know (g-14) _ Ginosko_ . chs. 2.23,24; 3.3,9; elsewhere _ Oida_ in this book. see 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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...
DEATH] RM 'pestilence.' REINS, etc.] i.e. the inner thoughts and desires: cp. Psalms 7:9; Jeremiah 17:10....
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...
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 di...
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...
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,...
τέκνα, literally, perhaps with an indirect allusion to the killing of Ahab's seventy sons. ἀποκτ. θ. (Hebraism), “I will utterly slay”; see on Revelation 6:8. If any particular form of death is meant,...
“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,...
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 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 e...
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. _An...
_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 severely...
Praise and reprimand for the congregation at Thyatira:...
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. This is the l...
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 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 Thyatira...
Cyprian Epistle VIII Nor let any one of you be saddened as if he were inferior to those who before you have suffered tortures, have overcome the world and trodden it under foot, and so have come to t...
Revelation 2:23 G2532 kill G615 (G5692) her G846 children G5043 with G1722 death G2288 and G2532 all...
‘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...
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...
‘And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to each of you in accordance with your works. But to you I say, to the rest of you in Thyatira, as...
Revelation 2:23. AND I WILL KILL HER CHILDREN WITH DEATH. Those thus named ‘her children' are generally distinguished from the persons formerly mentioned either as her ‘proper adherents,' in contrast...
I WILL KILL WITH DEATH (αποκτενω εν θανατω). Future (volitive) active of αποκτεινω with the tautological (cognate) εν θανατω (in the sense of pestilence) as in Ezekiel 33:27.HER CHILDREN (τα τεκνα...
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...
I WILL ALSO KILL HER FOLLOWERS. A grim threat of Divine vengeance upon those who "follow Jezebel" (by participating in this sin). THEN ALL THE CHURCHES WILL KNOW. God loves us (see Romans 5:8-11) and...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:21 The “prophetess” has many lovers and CHILDREN. These are spiritual children whom she influences. ⇐
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 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Samuel 16:7;...
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...
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 han...