Apocalipsis 2:20-23 NVI

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:20

But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.The woman Jezebel ... This verse is one of the most interesting in the New Testament, because here there well could have been an example of female leadership having been accepted in a church of Christ. The very fact of this character's having been allowed to teach, with the sufferance of the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:21

And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.I gave her time ... The longsuffering of the Lord is in this. The Saviour is not seeking some grounds for casting out his children, but overlooks their transgressions for a season, waiting for their repentance. For the willfully impenitent, however, there remains a judicial hardening and the execution of judgment. As Beasley-Murray said, "There is also the implication that Jezebel had been previously... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.And all the churches shall know ... The appropriate nature of the threatened visitation should be noted. The bed of suffering was an appropriate reward for the bed of fornication; and their judgment was to be as notorious as their scandal had been.I will kill her children with death ... Regarding the diverse... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:20

Revelation 2:20. Because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,— Because thou sufferest thy wife Jezebel, is the Complutensian reading, which is more allusive to the symbol drawn from the history of Ahab, whose wife seduced him, than the common reading. Ahab is condemned above all other kings of Israel for doing ill, or, as it is said, for selling himself to do evil: he made himself a slave to this purpose, by suffering his wife Jezebel to do infinite mischief in introducing idolatry. By which it... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:21

Revelation 2:21. And I gave her space— And I gave her time. This alludes to the history of Jezebel. God first sent Elijah to Ahab to pronounce a severe judgment upon him; upon which Ahab shewed tokens of repentance, and so God put off his punishment. By these means the like punishment pronounced against Jezebel was also put off. Thus God gave her time to repent, which she did not; but, instead of that, seduced her sons to the same sins. See 1 Kings 21:23-29. According to the Mosaical law, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:22

Revelation 2:22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed,— This again alludes to the same history. Ahaziah, son of Ahab and Jezebel, by his mother's ill instruction and example, followed her ways; and God punished him, by making him, or permitting him to fall down, as is supposed, from the top of the terrace over his house, and so to be bed-ridden for a long time under great anguish, designing thereby to give him time to repent; but when, instead of that, he sent to consult Baalzebub, 2 Kings 1:2-3.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:23

Revelation 2:23. 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; and, after that, all the seventy sons of Ahab, 2Ki 10:1 in all which the hand of God was very visible. In the same manner God predicts here the destruction of the heretics and heretics referred to. See Revelation 2:16. It should seem by the expression, I am he which searcheth the reins and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:20

20. a few things—omitted in the three oldest manuscripts. Translate then, "I have against thee that," c. sufferest—The three oldest manuscripts read, "lettest alone." that woman—Two oldest manuscripts read, "THY wife" two omit it. Vulgate and most ancient versions read as English Version. The symbolical Jezebel was to the Church of Thyatira what Jezebel, Ahab's "wife," was to him. Some self-styled prophetess (or as the feminine in Hebrew is often used collectively to express a multitude, a set... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:21

21. space—Greek, "time." of her fornication . . . she repented not—The three oldest manuscripts read, "and she willeth not to repent of (literally, 'out of,' that is, so as to come out of) her fornication." Here there is a transition from literal to spiritual fornication, as appears from Revelation 2:22. The idea arose from Jehovah's covenant relation to the Old Testament Church being regarded as a marriage, any transgression against which was, therefore, harlotry, fornication, or adultery. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:22

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:21

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