He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
29. He that hath &c.] For the position of these words, see on Rev 2:7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He that hath an ear … – See the notes on Rev 2:7.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. He that hath an ear] Let every Christian pay the strictest regard to these predictions of Christ; and let them have a suitable influence on his heart and life.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Here the same conclusion of this epistle as of all the rest, Rev 2:7,11,17; See Poole on “Rev 2:7“.
Those who make this epistle typical and prophetical, make it a type of all the churches of Christ, from about the year 1260, or the end of the persecution of the Waldenses, until the protestant religion so far obtained, that whole nations owned it, which was about 1560, by which time England and Scotland had made it the religion of those nations: it had before this prevailed in Germany, Helvetia, France, and many other places, where it was the religion of whole cities and particular jurisdictions, &c.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
He that hath an ear, let him hear,….
[See comments on Re 2:7].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “He that hath an ear, let him hear,” (ho echon ous akousato) “The one having or holding an ear let him hear,” having capability and accountability to hear, “let him give heed, respond, or obey; O the gravity, the seriousness, of personal accountability for salvation and service to God in life, Joh 8:21; Joh 8:24; Rom 1:16; Rom 14:11-12.
The one not heeding this word of Christ shall be cut off, Act 3:22; Act 3:21
2) “What the Spirit saith unto the churches,” (ti to pneuma legei tois ekklesianis) “Whatever the Spirit says or addresses to the churches; It applies in priority to them, the churches, and church members – not merely to the sum total of the redeemed, See? Rev 1:11; Rev 22:16.
Each of the seven churches received personal letters addressed first, specifically to them and their members, and second, to other churches of like – colleague – faith -and – order – not to the sum total of the redeemed. The latter notion is an erroneous concept embraced by Protestants, protestant-baptists, and false conceivers of an imaginary universal, invisible, mystical church composed of all believers. What the Spirit says in Rev 2:1 to Rev 3:22 is primarily, and in priority, addressed to and concerns the churches and church members and their conduct. To ignore or add to this context and contextual setting, as a primary basis of interpretation, is a basic error that inevitably tends to doctrinal error, Rev 22:16.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
‘He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
From now on this phrase comes after the promise to overcomers, (whereas previously it has introduced it), as though it is a final warning.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
REFLECTIONS
HAIL! thou glorious Lord! thou Almighty Head of thy Church, and people. Blessed be thy Name, for those gracious messages, to thy redeemed. Truly, Lord, amidst all their spots and defilements, we behold thy mercy over them, and thy grace towards them. Thou bearest testimony to their faith and patience, for all that is wrought in them is thy grace and of thee, have they received it. And yet, Jesus graciously beholds it, and speaks of it, as their own. Lord! give thy Churches, under every state, grace, to be looking wholly unto thee, and to know thee, under all these distinguishing characters. It is thine, O Lord, to hold thy ministers, as stars in thy right hand, and to walk in the favorite haunts of thy Churches, as amidst the golden Candlesticks, thy people. Thou art the first and the last in all the designs of Jehovah; and the first and the last, yea, the whole sum and substance of everlasting joy to all thy people! Thou art the bright, and the morning-star, the sure harbinger of everlasting day, and in the souls of thy people, thou arisest when the Day-spring from on high visitest them. Be thou, Lord, my light, my life, my everlasting portion, that amidst all the darkness of the present state of the world, in thy light I may see light, and walk under the light of thy countenance forever!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Ver. 29. He that hath an ear ] See Trapp on “ Rev 2:7 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
29 .] See above, Rev 2:7 .
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
29.] See above, Rev 2:7.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Rev 2:7
Reciprocal: 2Ch 15:2 – Hear ye me Neh 8:3 – ears Psa 49:1 – Hear Pro 5:1 – attend Isa 28:23 – General Jer 7:2 – Hear Jer 10:1 – General Jer 13:15 – and Jer 17:20 – General Jer 19:3 – Hear Hos 4:1 – Hear Amo 3:1 – Hear Mic 1:2 – hearken Mat 11:15 – General Mat 13:9 – General Mar 4:3 – Hearken Mar 4:23 – General Mar 7:16 – General Luk 14:35 – He Act 1:2 – through Act 13:16 – give Rom 1:7 – To all 1Ti 4:1 – the Spirit Heb 10:15 – General Rev 13:9 – General Rev 22:16 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rev 2:29. He that hath an ear. (See Rev 2:7.)
Comments
Verse 29: John closes the statement to the church in Thyatira the same way he closes all the other letters. It means pay attention to what has been written because it comes from God through Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Rev 2:29. Comp. on Rev 2:7.
In the church at Thyatira we seem to pass for the first time to the Church considered in her widest aspect and as brought into positive relations with the powers of the heathen world. These powers have penetrated within her, and she has in part yielded to their influence. Gods people have allied themselves with a heathen princess, and she has tempted them to sin. The first Epistle of the second group thus corresponds to the first of the first group, although with a difference in harmony with the general nature of the two groups as wholes. In the first Epistle of the first group the evil is wholly from within; the church has forsaken her first love. In the first Epistle of the second group the evil enters from without; the world tempts, and the church yields, at least in part, to the temptation in order that she may have a share in the worlds glory. In the one case she has forgotten Him who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, and whose love never fails: in the other the power of the present and the seen has led too many of her members to break their covenant with Him who is the Son of God, whose kingdom is not of this world, and whose rewards are future and unseen.