Revelation 2:27

27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a] —just as I have received authority from my Father.

Revelation 2:27 in Other Translations

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.

27 They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.

27 your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you -

27 and He will shepherd them with an iron scepter; He will shatter them like pottery - just as I have received [this] from My Father.

Revelation 2:27 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 2:27

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron
Either with the Gospel, which is the rod of Christ's strength, and is the power of God unto salvation, and by which the kingdom of Christ is enlarged, and the power of the church of Christ over the antichristian party is increased; or it may design great strictness and severity, with which the man of sin will be used by the saints of the most High, when they shall take away his dominion from him:

as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers;
which may be expressive either of the breaking of rocky hearts in pieces at conversion, and of making souls humble and contrite; or of the irreparable ruin and destruction of antichrist, when the saints shall consume and destroy him:

even as I received of my Father;
Christ, as God, has an underived power and government; but, as Mediator, his rule and power over the nations are asked by him, given to him, and received by him, ( Psalms 2:8 Psalms 2:9 ) . This "as" does not intend equality, but similitude; and denotes the participation the saints will have with Christ in the judgment and destruction of antichrist, and in his kingdom and power.

Revelation 2:27 In-Context

25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’

26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.

28 I will also give that one the morning star.

29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Cross References

• 1. Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Psalm 2:9