and I will give him the morning star.
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and I will give him the morning star.
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euen so will I geve him the mornynge starre.
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Euen as I receiued of my Father, so will I giue him the morning starre.
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Passages linked to Revelation 2:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
- 2 Peter 1:19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
- Luke 1:78-79 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The brightness of greatest glory and honor nearest approaching…
The brightness of greatest glory and honor nearest approaching unto the light of Christ, who is the Son of righteousness, and our head, Matt. 4.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 28 And I will give him the morning star.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
Ver. 28. I will give him the morning star] i.e. I will clear his wronged innocence, Psa 37:6, and grant him a glorious resurrection, Dan 12:3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Either the light of glory, the blessed vision of…
Either the light of glory, the blessed vision of God, or a certain hope of eternal life; or the Holy Spirit, called so, 2Pe 1:19; or rather, of myself. Christ himself is not called the Sun of righteousness, Mal 4:2, but the Morning star, Rev 22:16, because he excelleth all other stars in glory, and scattereth the darkness of ignorance and error by the light of his gospel: I will make him partaker of myself.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will give him the morning star. So…
And I will give him the morning star. So Christ is called, Rev 22:16; and here it designs an illustrious appearance of Christ at the close of this church state, and a communication of much light and grace from him, which introduced the Sardian church state, or the reformation by Luther, Calvin, &c. which is the phosphorus, or morning star, to the spiritual reign of Christ under the Philadelphian church state; which will be the bright, clear, day of the Gospel, when the present twilight, which is between the appearance of the morning star and that glorious day, will be removed: for by this morning star is not meant the glory that shall be put upon the bodies of the saints in the resurrection morn; nor the heavenly glory itself, or the hope of it; but the dawning of the latter day glory, which began at the Reformation, and is promised the faithful professors in the Thyatirian church state, who lived in the darkness of Popery.
Revelation 2:29
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will give him the morning star - Thou,…
I will give him the morning star - Thou, O Jesus, art the morning star! O give thyself to me! Then will I desire no sun, only thee, who art the sun also. He whom this star enlightens has always morning and no evening. The duties and promises here answer each other; the valiant conqueror has power over the stubborn nations. And he that, after having conquered his enemies, keeps the works of Christ to the end, shall have the morning star, - an unspeakable brightness and peaceable dominion in him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. And I will give him the morning…
Verse 28. And I will give him the morning star.] He shall have the brightest and most glorious empire, next to that of Christ himself. And it is certain that the Roman empire under Constantine the Great was the brightest emblem of the latter day glory which has ever yet been exhibited to the world. It is well known that sun, moon, and stars are emblems, in prophetic language, of empires, kingdoms, and states. And as the morning star is that which immediately precedes the rising of the sun, it probably here intends an empire which should usher in the universal sway of the kingdom of Christ.
Ever since the time of Constantine the light of true religion has been increasingly diffused, and is shining more and more unto the perfect day.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And I will give him the morning star -…
And I will give him the morning star - The “morning star” is that bright planet - Venus - which at some seasons of the year appears so beautifully in the east, leading on the morning - the harbinger of the day. It is one of the most beautiful objects in nature, and is susceptible of a great variety of uses for illustration. It appears as the darkness passes away; it is an indication that the morning comes; it is intermingled with the first rays of the light of the sun; it seems to be a herald to announce the coming of that glorious luminary; it is a pledge of the faithfulness of God. In which of these senses, if any, it is referred to here, is not stated; nor is it said what is implied by its being given to him that overcomes. It would seem to be used here to denote a bright and brilliant ornament; something with which he who “overcame” would be adorned, resembling the bright star of the morning. It is observable that it is not said that he would make him like the morning star, as in Dan 12:3; nor that he would be compared with the morning star, like the king of Babylon, Isa 14:12; nor that he would resemble a star which Balaam says he saw in the distant future, Num 24:17. The idea seems to be, that the Saviour would give him something that would resemble that morning planet in beauty and splendor - perhaps meaning that it would be placed as a gem in his diadem, and would sparkle on his brow - bearing some such relation to him who is called “the Sun of Righteousness,” as the morning star does to the glorious sun on his rising. If so, the meaning would be that he would receive a beautiful ornament, bearing a near relation to the Redeemer himself as a bright sun - a pledge that the darkness was past - but one whose beams would melt away into the superior light of the Redeemer himself, as the beams of the morning star are lost in the superior glory of the sun.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the morning star--that is, I will give unto him…
the morning star--that is, I will give unto him Myself, who am "the morning star" (Rev 22:16); so that reflecting My perfect brightness, he shall shine like Me, the morning star, and share My kingly glory (of which a star is the symbol, Num 21:17; Mat 2:2). Compare Rev 2:17, "I will give him . . . the hidden manna," that is, Myself, who am that manna (Joh 6:31-33).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. Give him the morning star—The beautiful announcer that…
28. Give him the morning star—The beautiful announcer that the night is past and the day is come. This blessed token shall be given to the overcomer as he passes through every crisis of the long contest. Its promise cheers the living warrior here on the field; and when he comes unto the end it will beam with its assurance that “eternity dawns, and the kingdom is his.” And when he comes to the new heavens and new earth, (Rev_22:1,) he will find that the morning star, so given him, was no other than Jesus himself. See Rev_22:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. the morning star] The only direct illustration of…
28. the morning star] The only direct illustration of this image Isa_22:16, where Christ Himself is called the Morning Star: and the meaning here can hardly be “I will give myself to him.” Some compare 2Pe_1:19, others, perhaps better, Dan_12:3 : taking the sense to be, “I will give him the brightest star of all, that he may be clothed (cf. Rev_12:1) with its glory.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) The morning star.—The pledge of the coming day,…
(28) The morning star.—The pledge of the coming day, both for the waiting witnesses, and for the ungodly, who loved darkness because their deeds were evil: the earnest of the sovereignty of light over darkness, when the children of the day would be manifest, and shine as the stars for ever and ever (Dan_12:3).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will give him the morning star. In Rev_22:16…
I will give him the morning star. In Rev_22:16 Christ himself is "the Bright and Morning Star." Therefore here he promises to give himself to him that overcometh. The morning star has ever been proverbial for brightness and beauty, and, as the harbinger of the day, is the bringer of light, life, and joy. Moreover, a star is often a sign of royalty: "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel"; (Num_24:17) and as such it appeared to the Wise Men. (Mat_2:2)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 28. I will give him the morning star. The…
28. I will give him the morning star. The Morning Star is one of the titles of Christ. See Rev. 22:16. This, then, means that Christ will give them a fellowship with himself; they shall share his dominion.
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