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The Persecuted Church

8 “And to the1 angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says athe First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:  
9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are arich); and I know the blasphemy of bthose who say they are Jews and are not, cbut are a synagogue of Satan.  
10 aDo not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. bBe faithful until death, and I will give you cthe crown of life.  
11 a“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by bthe second death.” ’  

The Compromising Church

12 “And to the1 angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says aHe who has the sharp two-edged sword:  
13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of aBalaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, bto eat things sacrificed to idols, cand to commit sexual immorality.  
15 Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.  
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Revelation 2:10

Fear not (mh fobou). As in Revelation 1:17. Worse things are about to come than poverty and blasphemy, perhaps prison and death, for the devil "is about to cast" (mellei ballein), "is going to cast."

Some of you (ec umwn). Without tinav (some) before ec umwn, a common idiom as in Revelation 3:9; Revelation 11:19; Luke 11:49.

That ye may be tried (ina peirasqhte). Purpose clause with ina and the first aorist passive subjunctive of peirazw. John himself is in exile. Peter and John had often been in prison together. James the brother of John, Paul, and Peter had all suffered martyrdom. In Revelation 3:10 a general persecution is outlined by peirasmov.

Ye shall have (ecete). Future active, but some MSS. read exhte (present active subjunctive with hina, "that ye may have").

Tribulation ten days (qliyin hmerwn deka). "Tribulation of ten days" (or "within ten days"). It is unwise to seek a literal meaning for ten days. Even ten days of suffering might seem an eternity while they lasted.

Be thou faithful (ginou pistov). "Keep on becoming faithful" (present middle imperative of ginomai), "keep on proving faithful unto death" (Hebrews 12:4) as the martyrs have done (Jesus most of all).

The crown of life (ton stefanon thv zwhv). See this very image in James 1:12, a familiar metaphor in the games at Smyrna and elsewhere in which the prize was a garland. See also Revelation 3:11. The crown consists in life (Revelation 2:7). See Paul's use of stefanov in I Corinthians 9:25; II Timothy 4:8.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 2:10:

James 1:12
1 Peter 5:4
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 3:9
Revelation 3:10
Revelation 3:11
Revelation 6:11
Revelation 11:9
Revelation 12:3
Revelation 12:9
Revelation 17:14
Revelation 20:7
Revelation 21:8

 

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