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Revelation 2:28

Revelation 2:28
And I will give him the morning star.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 2:18-29

The form of each epistle is very much the same; and in this, as the rest, we have to consider the inscription, contents, and conclusion.

I. The inscription, telling us, 1. To whom it is directed: To…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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…

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