Revelation 2:27

ποιμανεῖ. Lit., “shall be their shepherd,” cf. Psalms 2:9 (LXX.), ποιμανεῖς αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ. The word as pointed in the received Hebrew text means ‘bruise’ or ‘break them.’ Here and in Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15 St John follows the LXX., see note on Revelation 1:7.

ὡς τὰ σκεύη τὰ κεραμικὰ συντρίβεται. He is to rule the nations with a mastery as absolute as is expressed in crushing a potsherd. There is nothing in the Hebrew or in any known version to suggest the curious change of subject in “he shall rule … as the vessels are broken.” It puzzled Arethas who thought that ὡς would have been followed by a subjunctive in ordinary Greek.

ὡς κἀγώ. “As I also.” Of course the meaning is that Psalms 2:9 is assumed to be the promise of the Father to the Son; as is plain from the eighth verse.