Revelation 2-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:21

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication ,.... Of idolatry. This may have respect to the time of the witnesses, the Waldenses, and others, who bore a testimony against the Romish idolatry, and reproved for it, and denounced the judgment of God in case of impenitence; and as these things were repeated time after time, this may be called a space given to repent in; just as Jezebel had a space given her to repent in, from the time that Elijah declared the word of the Lord, that the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:22

Behold, I will cast her into a bed ,.... Of sickness and languishing; and which denotes the sickly, pining, and languishing state of the church of Rome, as a just retaliation for her bed of luxury and deliciousness, adultery and idolatry, she had indulged herself in; this was threatened, and was yet to come, and began at the time of the Reformation, signified by the next church state; and, ever since, the whore of Rome has been visibly sickening and decaying. The Alexandrian copy reads,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:23

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 extirpation of them in God's own time; or they shall be killed with the second death: מותנא , when used alone, or as distinct from any other kind of death, signifies the plague; compare with this 2 Kings 9:24 , and all the churches : that shall be in being at the time of Rome's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:24

But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira ,.... The copulative and is left out in the Alexandrian copy and Complutensian edition, and if retained, it may be rendered thus, "even unto the rest"; the persons spoken to are the same, the pastor of this church, with his colleagues, and all the rest of the faithful in it; which shows that this epistle, and so the rest, were not written to the pastors only, but to the churches; and that the pastor and his colleagues, with others, were free... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:25

But that which ye have already ,.... Which was something good, even the faithful word, the form of sound words, the mystery and doctrine of faith; this they had received from Christ and his apostles; they had it in their hearts, and a comfortable experience of the truth and power of it, and had made a profession of it, which they now held, and are here exhorted to hold fast: hold fast till I come ; meaning the coming of Christ, either at the Reformation by Luther, Calvin, and others,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:26

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 ground against the Romish antichrist and his followers, and bear their testimony against his impious doctrines and idolatrous practices: and keepeth my works unto the end ; either of life, or of this church state, or of time, when Christ will personally appear, even at the end of the world; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:27

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron ,.... Either with the Gospel, which is the rod of Christ's strength, and is the power of God unto salvation, and by which the kingdom of Christ is enlarged, and the power of the church of Christ over the antichristian party is increased; or it may design great strictness and severity, with which the man of sin will be used by the saints of the most High, when they shall take away his dominion from him: as the vessels of a potter shall they be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:28

And I will give him the morning star. So Christ is called, Revelation 22:16 ; and here it designs an illustrious appearance of Christ at the close of this church state, and a communication of much light and grace from him, which introduced the Sardian church state, or the reformation by Luther, Calvin, &c.; which is the phosphorus, or morning star, to the spiritual reign of Christ under the Philadelphian church state; which will be the bright, clear, day of the Gospel, when the present... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:29

He that hath an ear, let him hear ,.... See Gill on Revelation 2:7 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2

The epistle to the Church of Ephesus, commending their labor and patience, Revelation 2:1-3 . And, reprehending their having left their first love, exhorting them to repent, with the promise of the tree of life, Revelation 2:4-7 . The epistle to the Church of Smyrna, commending their piety, and promising them support in their tribulation, Revelation 2:8-11 . The epistle to the Church of Pergamos, commending their steadfastness in the heavenly doctrine, Revelation 2:12 , Revelation... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2

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