Revelation 2:22
in Revelation 2Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
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ASV
Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.
KJV
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
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This verse in Revelation 2
Commentary
10 notes on this verseBehold, I will cast her onto a bed. By God's just judgment, it happens that she lies in the bed of eternal punishment, who led the wretched into the bed of lust.
This site's exposition
that woman Jezebel
on Revelation 2:20-23
Thou sufferest that woman Jezebel names a local prophetess by the name of the Old Testament's most notorious promoter of idolatry, whether her own chosen title or a name the Lord assigns her for what she does, and her offense repeats Balaam's, teaching my servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed unto idols. Given space to repent, and she repented not brings a judgment as severe as the offense, cast into a bed of sickness, her partners into great tribulation, her children struck with death, so that all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts, the inward parts no human court can see, and will give unto every one of you according to your works, judgment matched exactly to the deed.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
She who calls herself a prophetess; she teaches and leads many astray to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. This means either sensual fornication or the apostasy from God, according to what has been said: "and they committed fornication in their …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Behold, I put her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from their deeds. Jezabel, those who fornicate in her, and her children are one body, that of Satan, which is put …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is observable, the angel of the church at Thyatira was only blamed for suffering her. This fault ceased when God took vengeance on her. Therefore he is not expressly exhorted to repent, though it is implied.
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 deliciousness, adultery and idolatry, she had indulged herself in; this was threatened, and was yet to come, and began at the time of the Reformation, signified by the next church state; and, ever since, the whore of Rome has been visibly sickening and decaying.
(2.) His impartial justice, in giving every one according to his work, that the name of Christians should be no protection, their churches should be no sanctuaries for sin and sinners.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
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. God punished him by making him fall down, as is supposed, from the top of the terrace over his house, and so to be bedridden for a long time under great anguish, designing thereby to give him time to repent; but when, instead of that, he sent to consult Baalzebub, Elijah was sent to pronounce a final doom against his impenitence.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I will--Greek present, "I cast her." a bed--The place of her sin shall be the place of her punishment. The bed of her sin shall be her bed of sickness and anguish. Perhaps a pestilence was about to be sent.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 brought together, as they are often, in fact, in the dispensations of Providence and the righteous judgments of God. One cannot be indulged without leading on, sooner or later, to the horrid sufferings of the other: and how soon no one knows. And them that commit adultery with her - Those who are seduced by her doctrines into this sin; either they who commit it with her literally, or who are led into the same kind of life. Into great tribulation - Great suffering; disease of body or tortures of the soul. How often - how almost uniformly is this the case with those who thus live! Sooner or later, sorrow always comes upon the licentious; and God has evinced by some of his severest judgments, in forms of frightful disease, his displeasure at the violation of the laws of purity. There is no sin that produces a mere withering and desolating effect upon the soul than what is here referred to; none which is more certain to be followed with sorrow. Except they repent of their deeds - It is only by repentance that we can avoid the consequences of sin. The word “repent” here evidently includes both sorrow for the past, and abandonment of the evil course of life.
The words behind it
20 Greek wordsEvery 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.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἰδοὺ | idou | Behold | G2400 → | 200 times |
| βάλλω | ballo | I cast | G906 → | 121 times |
| αὐτὴν | auten | her | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| κλίνην | klinen | a sickbed | G2825 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τοὺς | tous | those | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μοιχεύοντας | moicheuontas | committing adultery | G3431 → | |
| μετ᾽ | met᾽ | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| αὐτῆς | autes | her | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| θλῖψιν | thlipsin | tribulation | G2347 → | 44 times |
| μεγάλην, | megalen | great, | G3173 → | 243 times |
| ἐὰν | ean | only | G1437 → | 352 times |
| μὴ | me | unless | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| μετανοήσωσιν | metanoesosin | they shall repent | G3340 → | 34 times |
| ἐκ | ek | of | G1537 → | 911 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἔργων | ergon | deeds | G2041 → | 168 times |
| αὐτῆς. | autes | of her. | G846 → | 5565 times |
ἰδοὺBehold
idouG2400 →200 times
βάλλωI cast
balloG906 →121 times
αὐτὴνher
autenG846 →5565 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
κλίνηνa sickbed
klinenG2825 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τοὺςthose
tousG3588 →19766 times
μοιχεύονταςcommitting adultery
moicheuontasG3431 →
μετ᾽with
met᾽G3326 →461 times
αὐτῆςher
autesG846 →5565 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
θλῖψινtribulation
thlipsinG2347 →44 times
μεγάλην,great,
megalenG3173 →243 times
ἐὰνonly
eanG1437 →352 times
μὴunless
meG3361 →1066 times
μετανοήσωσινthey shall repent
metanoesosinG3340 →34 times
ἐκof
ekG1537 →911 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἔργωνdeeds
ergonG2041 →168 times
αὐτῆς.of her.
autesG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Jeremiah 36:3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 18:8
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Jeremiah 18:8
Through
Revelation 17:2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
it leads to
- Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance…
- Revelation 18:9
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- Revelation 14:8
Through
Luke 13:5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Luke 13:3
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- Ezekiel 18:30
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.