Revelation 3:10 BSB

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

KJV

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 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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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

Scorpiace (220)

" Also to the angel of the church in Pergamus (mention was made) of Antipas, the very faithful martyr, who was slain where Satan dwelleth. Also to the angel of the church in Philadelphia (it was signified) that he who had not denied the name of the Lord was delivered from the last trial.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

At every one it was very sharp, though short; wherein the great tempter was not idle, chap. ii, 10. Which hour shall come upon the whole earth - The whole Roman empire. It went over the Christians, and over the Jews and heathens; though in a very different manner.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The word of my patience - The doctrine which has exposed you to so much trouble and persecution, and required so much patience and magnanimity to bear up under its attendant trials. The hour of temptation - A time of sore and peculiar trial which might have proved too much for their strength. He who is faithful to the grace of God is often hidden from trials and difficulties which fall without mitigation on those who have been unfaithful in his covenant.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

My endurance is the endurance which I require, and which I practice. Christ Himself now endures, patiently waiting until the usurper be cast out, and all "His enemies be made His footstool." So, too, His Church, for the joy before her of sharing His coming kingdom, endures patiently.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
ἐτήρησας	etērēsas	you have kept	G5083 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ὑπομονῆς	hupomonēs	patient endurance	G5281 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
κἀγώ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
τηρήσω	tērēsō	will keep	G5083 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ὥρας	hōras	hour	G5610 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πειρασμοῦ	peirasmou	trial	G3986 →
τῆς	tēs	which	G3588 →
μελλούσης	mellousēs	is being about	G3195 →
ἔρχεσθαι	erchesthai	to come	G2064 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
οἰκουμένης	oikoumenēs	inhabited world	G3625 →
ὅλης	holēs	whole	G3650 →
πειράσαι	peirasai	to try	G3985 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
κατοικοῦντας	katoikountas	dwelling	G2730 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς.	gēs	earth.	G1093 →

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

The walk

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
Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
leads to
- Psalms 50:15
  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Jeremiah 29:11–12
  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Acts 2:21
  And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- Isaiah 65:23–24
  They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
- Isaiah 48:10
  See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Through
Revelation 2:10
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…
leads to
- 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.
- Matthew 10:22
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Through
2 Peter 2:9
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
leads to
- Psalms 34:15–19
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

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