Revelation 2:22-23 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:18-29

The words of Christ from eternity to the congregation at Thyatira. "And unto the angel of the Church in Thyatira," etc. Thyatira was situated between Pergamos and Sardis, a little off the main road which connected these two cities. It was a Macedonian colony, founded by Alexander the Great (or whom I should rather designate "Alexander the Contemptible" ) after the overthrow of the Persian empire. The Macedonian colonists appear to have introduced the worship of Apollo, honoured as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:22

Behold! The exclamation "arrests attention, and prepares the way for something unexpected and terrible." It is one of the many differences between the Fourth Gospel and the Apocalypse, that in the former ἴδε is the dominant form, while in the latter ἰδού is the invariable form ( καὶ ἴδε in Revelation 6:1 , Revelation 6:5 , Revelation 6:7 is a spurious addition); ἰδού is very rare in the Gospel; ἴδε is found nowhere in the Apocalypse. In the Epistles neither form... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:23

And her children (placed first, in emphatic distinction from those who have been seduced into temporary connexion with her) I will kill with death . With ἀποκτενῶ ἐν θανάτῳ comp. LXX . in Ezekiel 33:27 and Le Ezekiel 20:10 ; and θανάτῳ τελευτάτω , Matthew 15:4 and Mark 7:10 ; the phrase recurs in Revelation 6:8 . Those who have not merely been beguiled into sin by her, but are united to her in a permanent moral relationship ( John 8:44 ), shall perish in some... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:22

Behold, I will cast her into a bed - Not into a bed of ease, but a bed of pain. There is evidently a purpose to contrast this with her former condition. The harlot’s bed and a sick-bed are thus brought together, as they are often, in fact, in the dispensations of Providence and the righteous judgments of God. One cannot be indulged without leading on, sooner or later, to the horrid sufferings of the other: and how soon no one knows.And them that commit adultery with her - Those who are seduced... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 taken literally or figuratively. The word itself would admit of either interpretation; and there is nothing in the connection by which its meaning here can be determined. If it is to be taken literally, it is in accordance with what is often threatened in the Scriptures, that children shall be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:22-23

Revelation 2:22-23 . 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 punish these seducers for their evil principles and practices; and this punishment shall reach all who have been partakers in such acts of wickedness: and this threatening shall be accomplished as surely as the punishment was which the Prophet Elijah denounced in the name of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:18-29

Letter to Thyatira (2:18-29)There had been considerable progress in the church at Thyatira (18-19). Yet this church also had been corrupted by teaching that encouraged participation in idol feasts and their associated immorality.In Pergamum the false teachers were men and were likened to Balaam. In Thyatira the teacher was a woman and is likened to Jezebel, whose false religion was similarly characterized by idolatry and immorality (20; cf. 1 Kings 16:31-33; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 9:22). This... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:22

will = do. tribulation. Compare Romans 2:8 , Romans 2:9 , Romans 2:16 . their = her, according to some texts. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:23

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 20:12 . every = each. according to. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:22

Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.I cast her into a bed ... into great tribulation ... This appears to be an immediate and summary judgment against the type of wicked error rampaging in Thyatira. It is hard not to see in this exactly the same kind of judgment referred to in Revelation 2:16; that is, a divine visitation similar to that which befell Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10). There even seems to... read more