Revelation 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:20

Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee - Compare notes on Revelation 2:4.Because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel - Thou dost tolerate, or countenance her. Compare the notes on Revelation 2:14. Who the individual here referred to by the name Jezebel was, is not known. It is by no means probable that this was her real name, but seems to have been given to her as expressive of her character and influence. Jezebel was the wife of Ahab; a woman of vast influence over her husband - an... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:20-21

Revelation 2:20-21. Notwithstanding, I have a few things, &c. Yet, observe, there are some things in thy conduct I take notice of, which deserve blame, and call for reformation, namely, thou sufferest that woman Jezebel Thou givest too much countenance to some evil persons, who, like that wicked woman Jezebel, of old, who defiled Israel with her idolatrous and lewd practices, set themselves to teach, and, on wicked pretences of prophecy and revelation, to seduce my servants to... 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 2:20

a few things. Omit. that = the. Jezebel. See 1 Kings 16:30-34 ; 1 Kings 21:25 . This patroness of Baal-worship will have her sinister antitype in the future. prophetess. Only here and Luke 2:36 (Anna) in NT. to teach, &c. The texts read "and she teacheth and seduceth". seduce. App-128 . servants. App-190 . read more

James Burton Coffman

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

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

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:18-29

D. The letter to the church in Thyatira 2:18-29Jesus Christ sent this letter to commend some in this church for their service, orthodoxy, and fidelity, and to warn others in it to turn from false teaching and sinful practices. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:20-23

3. Rebuke 2:20-23Evidently a woman claiming to be a prophetess (cf. Luke 2:36; Acts 21:9; 1 Corinthians 11:5) had been influencing some in this church to join the local trade guilds without which a tradesman could not work in Thyatira. This meant participation in the guild feasts that included immoral acts and the worship of idols. [Note: See Beasley-Murray, pp. 89-90.] Her name may or may not have been Jezebel. I think it was not. [Note: Cf. Newell, p. 54; Thomas, Revelation 1-7, p. 214; and... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 2:20

2:20 woman (e-10) Some read 'thy wife,' alluding doubtless to Jezebel's connexion with responsible Ahab. And that is the meaning I believe of 'angel;' the symbolical representative of the assembly seen in those responsible in it, which indeed all really are. Hence 'thee,' and 'to you,' 'to you each,' and 'the rest.' servants (f-24) Or 'bondmen,' as ch. 1.1. read more

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