Revelation 2:27 BSB

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

BSB

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ASV

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:

KJV

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

On Repentance (220)

Seize the opportunity of unexpected felicity: that you, who sometime were in God's sight nothing but "a drop of a bucket," and "dust of the threshing-floor," and "a potter's vessel," may thenceforward become that "tree which is sown beside the waters, is perennial in leaves, bears fruit at its own time," and shall not see fire," nor "axe.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Knowledge and wisdom, suitable to such power and dominion: I will give him the morning-star. Christ is the morning-star. He brings day with him into the soul, the light of grace and of glory; and he will give his people that perfection of light and wisdom which is requisite to the state of dignity and dominion that they shall have in the morning of the resurrection.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron - There is an allusion here to Psa 2:9; “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” There is a slight change in the passage, “he shall rule,” instead of “thou shalt break,” in order to adapt the language to the purpose of the speaker here.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

From Ps 2:8, 9. rule--literally, "rule as a shepherd." In Ps 2:9 it is, "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron." The Septuagint, pointing the Hebrew word differently, read as Revelation here. The English Version of Ps 2:9 is doubtless right, as the parallel word, "dash in pieces," proves.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ποιμανεῖ	poimanei	he will shepherd	G4165 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
ῥάβδῳ	rhabdō	a rod	G4464 →
σιδηρᾷ,	sidēra	of iron,	G4603 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
σκεύη	skeuē	vessels [of]	G4632 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
κεραμικὰ	keramika	potter	G2764 →
συντρίβεται	suntribetai	are broken in pieces	G4937 →

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
Matthew 11:27
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
leads to
- John 14:6–9
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Luke 10:22
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to…
- 2 John 1:9
  Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- John 17:25–26
  Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Through
Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
leads to
- Psalms 2:9
  You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 63:2–6
  Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
- Revelation 1:16
  He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation