Revelation 2:22

Revelation 2:22

20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow² that woman ^aJezebel, who calls herself a prophetess,³ to teach and seduce My servants ^bto commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

21 And I gave her time ^ato repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of¹ their deeds.

23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who ^asearches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

24 “Now to you I say,¹ and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the ^adepths of Satan, as they say, ^bI will put on you no other burden.

25 But hold fast ^awhat you have till I come.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Behold—calling attention to her awful doom to come.

I will—Greek present, "I cast her."

a bed—The place of her sin shall be the place of her punishment. The bed of her sin shall be her bed of sickness and anguish. Perhaps a pestilence was about to be sent. Or the bed of the grave, and of the hell beyond, where the worm dieth not.

them that commit adultery with her—spiritually; including both the eating of idol-meats and fornication. "With her," in the Greek, implies participation with her in her adulteries, namely, by suffering her (Revelation 2:20), or letting her alone, and so virtually encouraging her. Her punishment is distinct from theirs; she is to be cast into a bed, and her children to be killed; while those who make themselves partakers of her sin by tolerating her, are to be cast into great tribulation.

except they repent—Greek aorist, "repent" at once; shall have repented by the time limited in My purpose.

their deeds—Two of the oldest manuscripts and most ancient versions read "her." Thus, God's true servants, who by connivance, are incurring the guilt of her deeds, are distinguished from her. One oldest manuscript, ANDREAS, and CYPRIAN, support "their."

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