2:18. And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;
And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze:
Ezek. 1:7;
Daniel 10:6;
Revelation 1:14-15; 19:12.
2:19. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the first.
I know your works, your love and faith and service And patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
2:20. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
But I have this against you: That you tolerate the woman Jezebel
1 Cor. 11:3-15;
1 Tim. 2:12-15;
Revelation 17:3.
Who calls herself a prophetess:
Isaiah 30:10;
Jer. 2:8; 5:13, 31; 14:14-15; 23:13-15, 21, 26, 30-31; 27:9, 16, 18; 28:8; 29:8, 15-19;
Lam. 2:14; 4:13;
Ezek. 13:2-9; 22:5;
Micah 3:6, 11;
Zeph. 3:4;
Zech. 13:2, 4;
Matt. 7:15, 19-23; 24:11;
Mark 13:22;
Luke 6:26;
Acts 13:6;
2 Peter 2:1;
1 John 4:1;
Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10.
And is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols:
Acts 15:20;
Jude 4;
Revelation 2:14.
2:21. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
I gave her time to Repent but she refuses to repent of her immorality:
Jonah 3:6-10;
Matt. 12:41.
2:22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Behold, I will throw her on a sickbed,
Psalm 38:1-8.
And those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her doings:
Revelation 17:2, 16; 18:9.
2:23. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
And I will strike her children dead: (WS 2:23 ‘Death’)
Gen. 2:17;
Deut. 30:15, 19;
Psalm 23:4;
Prov. 2:18; 5:5; 8:36; 10:2;
Eccles. 7:26;
Isaiah 28:15, 18;
Jer. 21:8-10;
James 1:15;
Revelation 6:8; 18:8.
And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart:
Psalm 139:1, 23;
Prov. 20:27;
Jer. 11:20; 17:10;
Rom. 8:27;
1 Cor. 2:10.
And I will give to each of you as your works deserve:
Lev. 19:15;
1 Kings 8:32;
Psalm 18:20; 28:4; 62:12; 103:10-14;
Prov. 13:13; 24:12, 29;
Isaiah 66:6;
Jer. 4:18; 17:10; 25:14; 50:15, 29; 51:24;
Ezek. 7:27; 11:21; 16:43; 24:14; Matt. 16:27;
Rom. 2:2-11; 14:10;
2 Cor. 5:10; 11:15;
2 Tim. 4:8, 14;
1 Peter 4:17-19;
Revelation 11:18; 14:13; 18:6; 22:12-13.
2:24. But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching: (See v. 20: i.e. ‘teaching of Jezebel’.)
Who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan: (WS 2:24 ‘Mystery’).
To you I say, I do not lay upon you any other burden:
2:25. But that which ye have [already] hold fast till I come.
Only hold fast what you have until I come:
John 21:22;
1 Thess. 5:21;
2 Tim. 1:13;
Heb. 3:6; 4:14; 10:23;
Revelation 3:3, 11;
[Note: “until I come”, vs. 25, = “unto the end”, vs. 26].
2:26. And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
He who conquers and who keeps my works until the end:
Ezek. 7:1-27;
Daniel 6:26; 8:17-19; 9:23-27; 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, 13;
Amos 8:2;
Matt. 10:22; 13:39-43; 24:13; 28:20;
Mark 13:13;
1 Cor. 1:8; 10:11;
Heb. 3:6, 14; 6:11;
1 Peter 1:13.
I will give him power over the nations:
Sometimes a reference to the tribes of Israel: May refer to Abraham‘s seed in: Gen. 12:2; 17:4, 5, 6, 16; 18:13; 25:23; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19; (cited in Rom. 4:17-18).
It is used of the nation of Israel: Exod. 19:6; 26:5; 33:13; Deut. 4:6; Joshua 3:17; 4:1; 5:8; 10:13; Psalms 33:12, 83:5; Isaiah 26:2, 15; 58:2; 60:11; Jer. 25:11; 31:36; 33:24; Ezek. 2:3; 37:22; 35:10; and Micah 4:7, among other references.)
The following seem to refer primarily to other nations:
Psalms 2:8-9; 22:27-8; 47:3; 67:4; 72:11,17; 82:8; 86:9; 111:6;
Isaiah 2:2; 5:26; 11:12; 55:5; 60:12; 66:18-20;
Jer. 10:7, 10;
Micah 4:2;
Zech. 2:11; 8:22;
Matt. 28:19;
Acts 17:26;
Rom. 1:5;
Gal. 3:8;
Revelation 4:11; 5:12, 13; 7:9, 12; 11:3, 6, 17; 12:5; 15:4; 19:1, 15; 21:24-26; 22:2.
2:27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
And he shall rule them with a rod of Iron: (WS ‘Rule’ and ‘Rod’)
Psalm 2:7-9;
Isaiah 11:4;
Daniel 2:40-45;
Revelation 12:5; 19:15;
As when earthen pots are broken in pieces: (WS ‘Break in Pieces’)
Isaiah 30:14;
Jer. 19:11; 51:20-24;
Daniel 2:34-45.
Even as I myself have received power from my Father:
Matt. 28:18
Luke 10:19; 22:69; 24:49;
John 17:23;
Acts 1:8;
Rom. 1:4; 13:1;
Eph. 1:19-21; 3:7, 20; 6:10;
Colossians 2:10;
2 Thess. 1:11;
2 Tim. 1:7;
Heb. 1:3.
2:28. And I will give him the morning star.
And I will give him the morning star: (WS ‘Morning Star’)
2 Peter 1:19
Isaiah 14:12;
Revelation 22:16.
2:29. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches: