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If anyone gathers into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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A Call to Endure, Not Retaliate
Scholars emphasize that this verse is a call for Christians to practice non-violent endurance. Rather than taking up the sword to fight back, believers are called to accept suffering, knowing it is within God's will. This demonstrates that the church's victory is won not through worldly power, but through the "patience and faith" that trusts God's ultimate plan.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that leadeth into captivity. This is clearly intended to refer to the power or government that is denoted by the beast. The form of the…
If any man is for captivity (ε τις εις αιχμαλωσιαν). Condition of first class, but with no copula (εστιν) expressed. For αιχμαλωσι…
19th Century
Anglican
This verse may read: If anyone (is) for captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed by the sword, he should be killed by the s…
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These verses are both important and difficult. This is the only occurrence in Revelation, apart from chs. 2–3, of the words “he who has an ear, let…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity , &c.] As the devil, by whom men are led captive at his will,…
The apostle, standing on the shore, saw a savage beast rise out of the sea—a tyrannical, idolatrous, persecuting power, springing up out of the tro…
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