Revelation 3:21 BSB

Revelation 3:21

To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

KJV

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyprian

Epistle XXV (258)

For to this battle our Lord, as with the trumpet of His Gospel, stimulates us when He says, "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth his own soul more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me." And again, "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed shall ye be, when men shall persecute you, and hate you.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I will give him to sit with me on my throne - In unspeakable happiness and glory. Elsewhere, heaven itself is termed the throne of God: but this throne is in heaven.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

To him that overcometh - See the notes on Rev 2:7. Will I grant to sit with me in my throne - That is, they will share his honors and his triumphs. See the notes on Rev 2:26-27; compare the notes on Rom 8:17. Even as I also overcame - As I gained a victory over the world, and over the power of the tempter. As the reward of this, he is exalted to the throne of the universe Php 2:6-11, and in these honors, achieved by their great and glorious Head, all the redeemed will share.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
νικῶν,	nikōn	overcoming,	G3528 →
δώσω	dōsō	I will give	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
καθίσαι	kathisai	to sit	G2523 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	Me	G1473 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
θρόνῳ	thronō	throne	G2362 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
ἐνίκησα	enikēsa	overcame	G3528 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκάθισα	ekathisa	I sat down	G2523 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πατρός	patros	Father	G3962 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
θρόνῳ	thronō	throne	G2362 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

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
John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
leads to
- John 14:27
  Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
  Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- 1 John 4:4
  You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Philippians 4:7
  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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 2:17
  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…
- 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.

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