The Meaning of Revelation 2:29 Explained

Revelation 2:29

KJV: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

YLT: He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Darby: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

ASV: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He that hath  an ear,  let him hear  what  the Spirit  saith  unto the churches. 

What does Revelation 2:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Revelation 2:18-29 - "hold Fast Till I Come"
Note that Jesus does not hesitate to appropriate the sublime title-the Son of God. His eyes penetrate profoundest secrets, and His advent leaves a trail of purity like fire behind Him. He recognizes the many good qualities of His church at Thyatira, but accuses her of having raised no protest against the woman Jezebel. She had actually permitted the promulgation of soul-destroying error, with most disastrous results.
This Jezebel apparently taught that there were deep philosophies in the heathen system around them, and the result was that the professing servants of Christ were led into complicity with the outward corruption of heathendom. An evident attempt was being made to graft on to Christianity the mysteries of darkness, which were in direct antagonism to the purity of the teachings of Christ.
Notice the contrast between her works and my works, Revelation 2:22; Revelation 2:26. The saints who are true to Christ shall be associated with Him in His Kingdom, but best of all they are made to possess the Morning Star, that is, they now stand with their Lord in the dawn of a new era. Already the day has dawned and the Day Star has arisen in their hearts, 2 Peter 1:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Revelation 2

1  What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of Ephesus,
8  Smyrna,
12  Pergamos,
18  Thyatira, and what is commended and lacking in them

What do the individual words in Revelation 2:29 mean?

The [one] having an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches
ἔχων οὖς ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις

  The  [one] 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
οὖς  an  ear 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: οὖς  
Sense: the ear.
ἀκουσάτω  let  him  hear 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
Πνεῦμα  Spirit 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular
Root: πνεῦμα  
Sense: a movement of air (a gentle blast.
λέγει  says 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω 
Sense: to say, to speak.
ταῖς  to  the 
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἐκκλησίαις  churches 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: ἐκκλησία  
Sense: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly.

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