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Revelation 2:10

in Revelation 2

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

KJV

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

This verse in Revelation 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Of the benefits of martyrdom. In the Proverbs of Solomon: "The faithful martyr delivers his soul from evils." Also in the same place: "Then shall the righteous stand in great boldness against them who have afflicted them, and who took away their labours.

This site's exposition

Fear none of those things

on Revelation 2:10-11

Alone among the seven, Smyrna receives no charge, only comfort: fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. The ten days is read two ways with holders, a short, limited season of testing in the plain sense, or ten literal periods of imperial persecution reaching to Diocletian in an older historicist scheme; either way the church's own martyr Polycarp, its bishop within a generation of this letter, died faithful unto death exactly as commanded. The overcomer's promise, shall not be hurt of the second death, answers 20:6 and 20:14 by name, the lake of fire holding no claim on those already secure in Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those who will be faithful to Christ must expect to go through many tribulations; but Jesus Christ takes particular notice of all their troubles. In all their afflictions, he is afflicted, and he will recompense tribulation to those who trouble them, but to those that are troubled rest with himself.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer - This may be addressed particularly to Polycarp, if he was at that time the bishop of this Church. He had much to suffer; and was at last burnt alive at Smyrna, about the year of our Lord 166. We have a very ancient account of his martyrdom, which has been translated by Cave, and is worthy of the reader’s perusal. That account states that the Jews were particularly active in this martyrdom, and brought the fagots, etc., by which he was consumed.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"The Captain of our salvation never keeps back what those who faithfully witness for Him may have to bear for His name's sake; never entices recruits by the promise they shall find all things easy and pleasant there" [TRENCH]. devil--"the accuser." He acted, through Jewish accusers against Christ and His people.

The words behind it

32 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    James 1:12

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 5:10

      And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…

    • Matthew 10:22

      You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Peter 1:6–8

      In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

    • James 5:11

      See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

    • Romans 8:28

      And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

  • Through

    Matthew 10:22

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 24:13

      But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

    • James 1:12

      Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

    • Mark 13:13

      You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.
The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Cyprian, Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.