Revelation 2:9

“I know your sufferings and your poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews, but they are not. They are a synagogue of Satan.

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In The King James Version

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

In Context

8“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead and who became alive again:

10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look! The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you will be tested, and you will suffer for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, 1 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”

Luke 6:20Then he looked at his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:65They spoke many other things against Jesus, blaspheming him.

Acts 14:22They kept strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter into the kingdom of God through many sufferings.”

Romans 2:17But if you call yourself a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,

Romans 5:3Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings. We know that suffering produces endurance.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:9-12

The Church in Smyrna. ( a. d. 95.) 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful… Read the whole commentary →

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