Revelation 3:12 BSB

Revelation 3:12

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

BSB

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ASV

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.

KJV

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A pillar in the temple - There is probably all allusion here to the two pillars in the temple of Jerusalem, called Jachin and Boaz, stability and strength. The Church is the temple; Christ is the foundation on which it is built; and his ministers are the Pillars by which, under him, it is adorned and supported. St. Paul has the same allusions, Gal 2:9. I will write upon him the name of my God - That is, I will make him a priest unto myself.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And then another part of the inscription is, [2.] The new name of Christ, the Mediator, the Redeemer, the captain of our salvation; by this it will appear under whose banner this conquering believer had enlisted, under whose conduct he acted, by whose example he was encouraged, and under whose influence he fought the good fight, and came off victorious.

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Original language & word study

52 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
νικῶν,	nikōn	overcoming,	G3528 →
ποιήσω	poiēsō	I will make	G4160 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
στῦλον	stulon	a pillar	G4769 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ναῷ	naō	temple	G3485 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔξω	exō	out	G1854 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐξέλθῃ	exelthē	shall he go	G1831 →
ἔτι,	eti	anymore,	G2089 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
γράψω	grapsō	I will write	G1125 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	upon	G1909 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
πόλεως	poleōs	city	G4172 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
καινῆς	kainēs	new	G2537 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ,	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem,	G2419 →
ἡ	hē	which	G3588 →
καταβαίνουσα	katabainousa	is descending	G2597 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομά	onoma	name	G3686 →
μου	mou	of Me	G3165 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
καινόν.	kainon	new.	G2537 →

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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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
Jeremiah 1:18
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of…
leads to
- Isaiah 50:7
  Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Ezekiel 3:8–9
  Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- Jeremiah 15:20
  Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver…
- Jeremiah 6:27
  “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
Through
Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:10
  For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Through
Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
leads to
- Revelation 14:1
  Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Matthew 5:8
  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Through
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
leads to
- Joel 2:32
  And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…

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