translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: REV

label: NET study note

text: On seven stars in his right hand see 1:16 .


text: The Nicolaitans were a sect (sometimes associated with Nicolaus, one of the seven original deacons in the church in Jerusalem according to Acts 6:5 ) that apparently taught that Christians could engage in immoral behavior with impunity.


text: A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (e.g., Mt 4:23 , Mk 1:21 , Lk 4:15 , Jn 6:59 ).


text: On the sharp double-edged sword see 1:16 .


text: See Num 22-24; 31:16 .


text: Jezebel was the name of King Ahab’s idolatrous and wicked queen in 1 Kgs 16:31; 18:1-5; 19:1-3; 21:5-24 . It is probable that the individual named here was analogous to her prototype in idolatry and immoral behavior, since those are the items singled out for mention.


text: To commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Note the conclusions of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:29 , which specifically prohibits Gentile Christians from engaging in these activities.


text: This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.


text: That is, the teaching of Jezebel (v. 20 ).


text: A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8 ). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15 .