Revelation 2:17 BSB

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

BSB

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ASV

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

KJV

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

But as the engrafted wild olive does not certainly lose the substance of its wood, but changes the quality of its fruit, and receives another name, being now not a wild olive, but a fruit-bearing olive, and is called so; so also, when man is grafted in by faith and receives the Spirit of God, he certainly does not lose the substance of flesh, but changes the quality of the fruit [brought forth, i.e., ] of his works, and receives another name, showing that he has become changed for the better, being now not [mere] flesh and blood, but a spiritual man, and is called such.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

He that hath an ear, let him hear,.... See Gill on Rev 2:7. To him that overcometh; the Balaamites and Nicolaitans, and do not give in to the doctrines and practices of the one, or of the other, whatever persecution and trouble he meets with, and endures on that account: will I give to eat of the hidden manna; in opposition to eating things sacrificed to idols, refused by him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As Phinehas was rewarded with "an everlasting priesthood" for his zeal against these very sins to which the Old Testament Balaam seduced Israel; so the heavenly high priesthood is the reward promised here to those zealous against the New Testament Balaamites tempting Christ's people to the same sins. receiveth it--namely, "the stone"; not "the new name"; see above.

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Original language & word study

37 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
οὖς	ous	an ear	G3775 →
ἀκουσάτω	akousatō	he should hear	G191 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
ταῖς	tais	to the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησίαις·	ekklēsiais	churches;	G1577 →
τῷ	tō	To the [one]	G3588 →
νικῶντι	nikōnti	overcoming	G3528 →
δώσω	dōsō	I will give	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
μάννα	manna	manna	G3131 →
τοῦ	tou	which	G3588 →
κεκρυμμένου	kekrummenou	hidden	G2928 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δώσω	dōsō	I will give	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ψῆφον	psēphon	stone	G5586 →
λευκήν,	leukēn	white,	G3022 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψῆφον	psēphon	stone	G5586 →
ὄνομα	onoma	a name	G3686 →
καινὸν	kainon	new	G2537 →
γεγραμμένον	gegrammenon	written	G1125 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	no [one]	G3762 →
οἶδεν	oiden	knows
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
λαμβάνων.¶	lambanōn	receiving [it].	G2983 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
leads to
- Revelation 2:11
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Matthew 11:15
  He who has ears, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:43
  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Revelation 13:9
  He who has an ear, let him hear:
- Matthew 13:9
  He who has ears, let him hear.”
Through
Isaiah 62:2
Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
leads to
- Isaiah 62:12
  And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Genesis 17:5
  No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Isaiah 65:15
  You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

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