Revelation 2:20

But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel[2:20], who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered to idols.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

In Context

19I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and service, and patience; and thy last works are more than the first.

21And I gave her time that she might repent; and she will not repent of her fornication.

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Cross References

Acts 15:20but that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:19-29

The Church in Thyatira. ( a. d. 95.) 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit… Read the whole commentary →

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