Revelation 2:20

But I have it against you, that you suffer the woman Jezebel, who says herself to be a prophet, and teaches and deceives my servants to commit fornication, and to cat things sacrificed to idols.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 your works, and your divine love, and faith, and ministry, and patience, and your works: the last more than the first.

21And I gave her time that she might repent, and she does not wish to repent of her fornication.

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Cross References

Acts 15:20but to command them to abstain from things offered to idols, and from fornication, and from strangulation, 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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