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great tribulation, bexcept they repent of daughters, and burn up their houses their deeds.

a With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication, chap. xvii. 2. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies, xviii. 3. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 9. Behold, therefore, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock, and shed blood, are judged and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. And I will also give thee into their hand, and they Shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places : they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire

any more, Ezek. xvi. 37-41. And the righteous men they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. For thus saith the Lord GOD, I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their

with fire. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all woyour lewdness. And they shall remen may be taught not to do after compense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the LORD God, xxiii. 45-49.

will hear all the evil which I purpose bIt may be that the house of Judah to do unto them; that they may rethat I may forgive their iniquity and turn every man from his evil way, their sin, Jer. xxxvi. 3. Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye, Ezek. xviii. 30-32.

VER. 23.

τω, καὶ γνώσονται πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ὅτι Καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ἀποκτενῶ ἐν θανάἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἐρευνῶν νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας· καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν.

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.

a And I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and his name that sat on him

was Death, and hell followed with
him: And power was given unto them
over the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword, and with hunger, and
with death, and with the beasts of the
earth, chap. vi. 8.

b See on Matt. ix. ver. 4. clause 1.
e See on Matt, xvi. ver. 27. clause 3.

VER. 24.

ὑμῖν δὲ λέγω, καὶ λοιποῖς τοῖς ἐν Θυατείροις, ὅσοι οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν διδαχὴν ταύτην, καὶ οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὰ βάθη τοῦ Σατανᾶ, ὡς λέγουσιν· Οὐ καλῶ ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἄλλο βάρος

REV. II. 24-29.—III. 1—4.

Πλὴν ὃ ἔχετε, κρατήσατε ἄχρις οὗ ἂν σίας γράψον Τάδε λέγει ὁ ἔχων τὰ πνεύἥξω.

ματα τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀστέρας Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα, ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα ἔχεις

? But that which ye have already, ὅτι ζῆς, καὶ νεκρὸς εἶ. hold fast till I come.

a See on Heb. iii. ver. 6. clause 3.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; a and they shall walk with me in white: b for they are worthy.

a See ver. 5; 18.; iv. 4. ; vi. 11.; vii. 9; 15.; xix. 14.

b And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence, Matt. x. 11. But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage, Luke xx. 35. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man, xxi. 36. That ye may be accounted worthy the kingdom of God, 2 Thess.

i. 5.

VER. 5.

ye

a See on Matt. x. ver. 22. clause 3. b See on ver. 4. clause 1.

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e Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin- and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book, Exod. xxxii. 32, 33. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous, Psal. Ixix. 28.

d See on Luke x. ver. 20. clause 2. e See on Matt. x. ver. 32. clause 9.

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ἀληθινὸς, ὁ ἔχων τὴν κλεῖδα τοῦ Δαβὶδ ὁ ἀνοίγων, καὶ οὐδεὶς κλείει· καὶ κλείει, καὶ oùdels àvoiyer•

ladelphia write; These things saith a he And to the angel of the church in Phithat is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

a See on Heb. vii. ver. 26. clause 3 b See on John xiv. ver. 6. clause 2. c And the key of the house of David shall open, and none shall shut; and will I lay upon his shoulder: so he Isa. xxii. 22. He shall be great, and he shall shut, and none shall open, shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David, Luke

i. 32.

d And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because to read the book, neither to look no man was found worthy to open and

thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof, chap. v. 3-5. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening, Job xii. 14. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven, Matt. xvi. 19.

VER. 8.

Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα· ἰδοὺ, δέδωκα ἐνώπιόν σου θύραν ἀνεωγμένην, καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται πλεῖσαι αὐτήν, ὅτι μικρὰν ἔχεις δύναμιν, καὶ ἐτήρησάς μου τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου.

a I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, c and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

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REV. III. 8-12.

more, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2 Cor. ii. 12. c See on Johnxiv. ver. 21. clause 1. d See on Matt. x. ver. 33.

VER. 9.

Ἰδοὺ, δίδωμι ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τοῦ Σατανὰ τῶν λεγόντων ἑαυτοὺς Ἰουδαίους εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν, ἀλλὰ ψεύδονται· ἰδοὺ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἵνα ἥξωσι καὶ προσκυνήσωσιν ἐνώπιον τῶν ποδῶν σου καὶ γνῶσιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἠγάπησά σε.

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, b which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have

loved thee.

a I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich,) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan, chap. ii. 9.

b See on Rom. ii. ver. 28, 29.

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c And kings shall be thy nursingfathers, and their queens thy nursingmothers they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet ; and thou shalt know that I am the LonD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me, Isa. xlix. 23. The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel, Ix. 14.

d See on John xiii. ver.1.clauses 4, 5.

VER. 10.

Ὅτι ἐτήρησας τὸν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς μου, καγώ σε τηρήσω ἐκ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ πειρασμοῦ τῆς μελλούσης ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης ὅλης, πειράσαι τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, b I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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Ἰδοὺ, ἔρχομαι ταχύ· κράτει ὃ ἔχεις, ἵνα μηδεὶς, λάβῃ τὸν στεφανόν σου.

a Behold, I come quickly: bhold that fast which thou hast, that no man take cthy crown.

a Behold, I come quickly blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the Prophecy of this book, chap. xxii. 7. And, behold, I come quickly : and my reward is with me, 12. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus, 20. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled, Matt. xxiv. 33, 34. Behold the judge b See on Heb. iii. ver. 6. clause 3. standeth before the door, Jam. v. 9. c See on 1 Cor. ix. ver. 25.

VER. 12.

Ο νικῶν, ποιήσω αὐτὸν στύλον ἐν τῷ γαρ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, καὶ ἔξω οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ἔτι· καὶ γράψω ἐπ ̓ αὐτὸν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, τῆς καινῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἡ κατα βαίνουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ καινόν.

a Him that overcometh will I make ba pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

a See on Matt. x. ver. 22. clause 3. b Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lon for ever, Psal. xxiii. 6. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple, lxv. 4. Those that be planted in the house of the our God, xcii. 13. Surely the righteous LORD shall flourish in the courts of shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence, cxl. 15.