Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Revelation 2:22
I will cast her into a bed. — The chamber of voluptuousness will become the chamber of sickness. The spot of the sin shall be the scene of punishment. (Comp. 1 Kings 21:19.)
I will cast her into a bed. — The chamber of voluptuousness will become the chamber of sickness. The spot of the sin shall be the scene of punishment. (Comp. 1 Kings 21:19.)
REVELATION 2:22 kli,nhn {A} Instead of kli,nhn, which is decisively supported by a C P 046 1 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 itgig, ar vg syrph, h copbo _al_, several witnesses, wishing to increase the puni...
Verse Revelation 2:22. _BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED_] "This again alludes to the same history. Ahaziah, son of Ahab and Jezebel, by his mother's ill instruction and example, followed her ways....
BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED - Not into a bed of ease, but a bed of pain. There is evidently a purpose to contrast this with her former condition. The harlot’s bed and a sick-bed are thus brough...
II. THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE SEVEN CHURCH MESSAGES, AND THEIR PROPHETIC MEANING CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Ephesus: The post-apostolic period (Revelation 2:1)_ 2. Smyrna: The period of persecution (Revelati...
REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA. Thyatira, which was about 4 miles SE. of Pergamum, was relatively much less important than the cities already mentioned. It was a commercial centre, and seems to...
_Thyatira_ is named first in Acts, chapter XVI. It is probable that Lydia and her household formed the nucleus of the church. The name is not mentioned again until it appears in Revelation. The city w...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like beaten brass. I know your works--I mean your love and yo...
WILL. do. TRIBULATION. Compare Romans 2:8; Romans 2:9; Romans 2:16. THEIR. her, according to some texts....
_I will cast_ lit. -I am casting" i.e. am about to cast. Cf. -I ascend", John 20:17. _a bed_ Perhaps of sickness, as "death" in the next _v._is perhaps to be taken of pestilence: cf. Revelation 6:8....
ΕἸΣ ΚΛΊΝΗΝ. Arm[108] reads εἰς κάμινον, A reads εἰς φυλακὴν. It is not easy to connect either with the text. We might account for A by supposing that a scribe was misled by a reminiscence of Revelatio...
THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA REVELATION 2:18-29:_ Thyatira was the smallest of all the cities to whom letters were written. Jesus said of them, "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and fa...
ΙΔΟΎ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) _praes. ind. act._ бросать, швырять. _Praes._ используется для описания несомненного будущего события. ΚΛΊΝΗ (G2825) постель. Это не смер...
DISCOURSE: 2491 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 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. Notwithstanding I h...
BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED,— This again alludes to the same history. Ahaziah, son of Ahab and Jezebel, by his mother's ill instruction and example, followed her ways; and God punished him, by...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 7 Text Revelation 2:18-29 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are l...
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 - calling attention to her awful doom. I WILL - presen...
__ The Prophetic Section THYATIRA 18 Tertullian and Epiphanius say that there was no ecclesia in Thyatira when John wrote these letters. On this ground many rejected this prophecy in early times. T...
THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22) Since 'seven' is the perfect number, the 'seven churches' represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same time, t...
TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA Christ speaks in His majesty as Son of God (Revelation 2:18). The Church is praised for its increase in love and faith and the service of others, and its patience under trial...
BED] i.e. the couch of the feasts, now changed into a couch of tribulation. ADULTERY] i.e. unfaithfulness to God....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE 7 *CHURCHES - REVELATION 2:1-3 TO THE *CHURCH IN EPHESUS - REVELATION 2:1-7...
CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He th...
κλίνην (bed, not a couch of revelry) aegritudinis non amoris; disease or sickness (_cf._ for the phrase, 1MMalachi 1:5) the punishment of error, especially of error accompanied by licentiousness. The...
The longest message of the seven is to a church in the least important of the cities (judged from the historical standpoint) Thyatira, a township of Northern Lydia, the holy city of Apollo Tyrimnaios,...
“HOLD FAST TILL I COME” Revelation 2:18 Note that Jesus does not hesitate to appropriate the sublime title- _the Son of God_. His eyes penetrate profoundest secrets, and His advent leaves a trail of...
The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily ar...
TO THE CORRUPTED CHURCH Forty miles southeast of Pergamum was the city of Thyatira. The city was famous for its purple dye, which Lydia sold (Acts 16:11-15). It was the home of numerous trade guilds,...
To the Angel of the church of Thyatira. Here is first a commendation of their constancy in the faith, in good works, charity, patience, and ministry, which chiefly regards their bishop, whoever he was...
(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; (19) I know thy works, and ch...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
The Church in Thyatira A liar is hard not to believe when he says nice things about you. (So it is when people speak of the Lord, even if it is lies) It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard...
The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to have its whole existence and place before God as light-bearer in the world set aside; secondly, that God will do...
BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED,.... Of sickness and languishing; and which denotes the sickly, pining, and languishing state of the church of Rome, as a just retaliation for her bed of luxury and...
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Ver. 22. _Behold, I will cast her into a bed_] A bed of afflictio...
_Behold_ I will at length execute judgment upon her, and let the process of my righteous vengeance be observed. _I will cast her into a bed_ Not of pleasure, but of _great tribulation_ I will severely...
I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED; a bed of sickness, instead of the bed of fornication which she encourages. Thus Christ will punish her and her followers with great judgments....
Praise and reprimand for the congregation at Thyatira:...
BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED, AND THEM THAT COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER INTO GREAT TRIBULATION, EXCEPT THEY REPENT OF THEIR DEEDS....
THE ADDRESS TO EPHESUS (vv. 1-7) Each local assembly is addressed on the basis of its responsibility as a testimony for God. Each of these assemblies actually existed and were functioning as assembl...
THYATIRA (VERSES 18-29) The City Of the seven letters, the letter to Thyatira is the longest. The city was known for manufacturing and marketing. Here every trade (silversmiths, candle makers, carpen...
18-29 Even when the Lord knows the works of his people to be wrought in love, faith, zeal, and patience; yet if his eyes, which are as a flame of fire, observe them committing or allowing what is evi...
I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED; another kind of bed than she hath sinned in and by, not a bed of ease and pleasure, but of pain and torment. Nor shall the seduced escape, they shall also be cast into GREA...
Revelation 2:22 Indeed G2400 (G5628) I G1473 cast G906 (G5719) her G846 into G1519 sickbed G2825 and...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDITORS AND THE POOR (EXODUS 22:25). In both examples the creditor is to show compassion to the debtor. The examples are too few for a chiasmus. Exodus 22:25 “If you lend mo...
‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to...
MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based...
Revelation 2:22. BEHOLD, I DO CAST HER INTO A BED, etc. The bed is not one of lust, but of sickness and sorrow (comp. Psalms 41:3). AND THEM THAT COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER. We are not to understand th...
I DO CAST (βαλλω). Futuristic present active indicative rather than the future βαλω, since judgment is imminent.INTO A BED (εις κλινην). "A bed of sickness in contrast with the bed of adultery" ...
CONTENTS: Message to Ephesus concerning things «which are.» Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concer...
_Epistle the first._ Revelation 2:1. _The angel of the church of Ephesus,_ or the messenger of Christ; for the apostles, and apostolic men, while they remained in any church, were always regarded as t...
AND SO I WILL THROW HER. A "bed" and "terrible suffering" are symbolic of God's wrath. Those who refuse to turn from their sin bring upon themselves certain punishment!...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:1 Revelation 2:1 consists of seven “letters” or royal edicts. Each follows a pattern: (1) The royal author describes himself in terms from ch....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:18 _Thyatira_ is praised for its growing love but is criticized for its lack of discernment and for allowing false teaching. The city was a commercial center. Its main...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:21 The “prophetess” has many lovers and CHILDREN. These are spiritual children whom she influences. ⇐
4. THYATIRA. Vs. 18-29. Thyatira, the home of Lydia, Paul's first convert in Europe, still exists as a small city of perhaps twenty thousand inhabitants. It is supposed by some that Lydia may have car...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:18. THYATIRA.—Situated between Pergamos and Sardis. Inscriptions show that it contained many corporate guilds, one being that of the dyers. Apollo was spec...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _The epistles to the seven Churches. _Once more we have to consider rival interpretations. Of these we may safely set aside all those which make the seven letters to be pict...
4. THYATIRA: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE SATANIC RELIGION OF BABYLON Background: Thyatira was an important military city founded by Alexander three hundred years before Christ. Thyati...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 2:1); So the desc...
2 Corinthians 12:21; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26; Ezekiel 16:37;...
THE CHURCHES AT PERGAMOS AND THYATIRA Revelation 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish, by way of introduction, to set before you the various seven statements which occur in the Letters to the seven Chur...
I will cast her into a bed — into great affliction — and them that commit either carnal or spiritual adultery with her, unless they repent — She had her time before. Of her works — Those to which she...