Revelation 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 3:9

Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

KJV

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Behold, I will make - Greek, “I give” - δίδωμι didōmi; that is, I will arrange matters so that this shall occur. The word implies that he had power to do this, and consequently proves that he has power over the heart of man, and Call secure such a result as he chooses. Them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews - Who profess to be Jews, but are really of the synagogue of Satan. See the notes on Rev 2:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will make--Greek present, "I make," literally, "I give" (see on Re 3:8). The promise to Philadelphia is larger than that to Smyrna. To Smyrna the promise was that "the synagogue of Satan" should not prevail against the faithful in her: to Philadelphia, that she should even win over some of "the synagogue of Satan" to fall on their faces and confess God is in her of a truth.

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Original language & word study

34 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
διδῶ	didō	I may give	G1325 →
ἐκ	ek	[those] from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
συναγωγῆς	sunagōgēs	synagogue	G4864 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
σατανᾶ	satana	of Satan —	G4567 →
τῶν	tōn	those	G3588 →
λεγόντων	legontōn	declaring	G3004 →
ἑαυτοὺς	he'autous	themselves	G1438 →
Ἰουδαίους	Ioudaious	Jews	G2453 →
εἶναι	einai	to be	G1511 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἰσίν,	eisin	are,	G1510 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
ψεύδονται,	pseudontai	they lie —	G5574 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
ποιήσω	poiēsō	I will cause	G4160 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἥξουσιν	hēxousin	they will come	G2240 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσκυνήσουσιν	proskunēsousin	they will worship	G4352 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ποδῶν	podōn	feet	G4228 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γνῶσιν	gnōsin	they may know	G1097 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἠγάπησά	ēgapēsa	loved	G25 →
σε.	se	you.	G4771 →

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
Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:14
  This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:16
  You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:14
  The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
- Isaiah 60:3
  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Micah 7:17
  They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of…
Through
Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
leads to
- Isaiah 49:23
  Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:6–8
  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
Through
Revelation 2:9
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
leads to
- James 2:5–6
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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