'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.Revelation 2:10 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer - This may be addressed particularly to Polycarp, if he was at that time the bishop of this Church. He had much to suffer; and was at last burnt alive at Smyrna, about the year of our Lord 166. We have a very ancient account of his martyrdom, which has been translated by Cave, and is worthy of the reader's perusal. That account states that the Jews were particularly active in this martyrdom, and brought the fagots, etc., by which he was consumed. Such persons must indeed have been of the synagogue of Satan.
Ten days - As the days in this book are what is commonly called prophetic days, each answering to a year, the ten years of tribulation may denote ten years of persecution; and this was precisely the duration of the persecution under Diocletian, during which all the Asiatic Churches were grievously afflicted. Others understand the expression as implying frequency and abundance, as it does in other parts of Scripture. Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41 : Thou hast changed my wages Ten Times; i.e. thou hast frequently changed my wages Numbers 14:22 : Those men have tempted me now these Ten Times; i.e. they have frequently and grievously tempted and sinned against me. Nehemiah 4:12 : The Jews that dwelt by them came and said unto us Ten Times, i.e. they were frequently coming and informing us, that our adversaries intended to attack us, Job 19:3; These Ten Times have ye reproached me; i.e. ye have loaded me with continual reproaches. Daniel 1:20 : In all matters of wisdom, he found them Ten Times better than all the magicians; i.e. the king frequently consulted Daniel and his companions, and found them more abundantly informed and wise than all his counsellors.
Some think the shortness of the affliction is here intended, and that the ten days are to be understood as in Terence, Heaut., Act v., scen. 1, ver. 36, Decem dierum vis mi est familia. "I have enjoyed my family but a short time."
Be thou faithful unto death - Be firm, hold fast the faith, confess Christ to the last, and at all hazards, and thou shalt have a crown of life - thou shalt be crowned with life, have an eternal happy existence, though thou suffer a temporal death. It is said of Polycarp that when brought before the judge, and commanded to abjure and blaspheme Christ, he firmly answered, "Eighty and six years have I served him, and he never did me wrong, how then can I blaspheme my king who hath saved me?" He was then adjudged to the flames, and suffered cheerfully for Christ his Lord and Master.
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Fear.
Matthew 10:22 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
shalt.
Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter...
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul...
Luke 12:4-7 And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do...
the devil.
Revelation 12:9-11 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world...
Revelation 13:2,7,15-17 And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion...
Luke 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons...
John 13:2,27 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him...
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air...
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers...
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
ye shall. See on ver.
Revelation 2:9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews...
ten days.
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it...
1 Peter 1:6,7 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations...
be thou.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
Matthew 10:22 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
Mark 8:35 For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Mark 13:13 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 21:16-19 And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and kinfolks, and friends...
John 12:25 He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry...
Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only...
2 Timothy 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith...
a crown.
Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life...
1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
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