Revelation 2:21
And I gave her time that she might make teshuva and she does not wish to make teshuva of her zenut. + 2:21 1Kgs 16:3; 2Kgs 9:22; Num 25:1-2
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 2:4Or do you think lightly of the wealth of his nedivut (generosity) and of his chesed and of his being ERECH APAYIM (slow of anger, forbearing) + 2:4 Ex 34:6 and of his savlanut (patience), disregarding the fact that the Chesed Hashem (the kindness of G-d) is to lead you to teshuva? + 2:4 Ps 19:7 [8]
1 Peter 3:20To ones without mishma'at (obedience) back then when the savlanut (patience) of Hashem was waiting, in the days of Noach, while the Teva (Ark) was being prepared, in which a few, that is shemoneh nefashot (eight souls), were delivered through that mabbulʼs mikveh mayim;
2 Peter 3:15And regard the savlanut (patience) of Adoneinu as Yeshu'at Eloheynu. So also our Chaver and Ach b'Moshiach Sha'ul, according to the chochmah (wisdom) having been given to him, wrote to you.
Revelation 16:9And Bnei Adam were scorched with khom gadol (great heat), and they spoke Chillul Hashem gidufim (blasphemies) against ha-Shem of G-d — the One having the shilton (authority) over these makkot (plagues) — and they did not make teshuva so as to give Hashem kavod (glory).
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 →