Apocalypse 2:27

Louis Segond

Il les paîtra avec une verge de fer, comme on brise les vases d'argile, ainsi que moi-même j'en ai reçu le pouvoir de mon Père.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et il les gouvernera avec une verge de fer, et elles seront bris�es comme les vaisseaux d'un potier, selon que je l'ai aussi re�u de mon P�re.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Il les gouvernera avec un sceptre de fer, et comme on brise des vases d'argile, ainsi que je l'ai moi-m�me re�u de mon P�re.

Darby's French Translation
et il les pa�tra avec une verge de fer, comme sont bris�s les vases de poterie, selon que moi aussi j'ai re�u de mon P�re;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he shall: Revelation 12:5, Revelation 19:15, Psalms 2:8, Psalms 2:9, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 149:5-9, Daniel 7:22

even: Matthew 11:27, Luke 22:29, John 17:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:6 - dashed Leviticus 25:44 - General Joshua 10:24 - put your feet Judges 5:13 - he made Psalms 31:12 - a broken vessel Isaiah 30:14 - he shall break Isaiah 40:10 - his arm Isaiah 60:12 - General Jeremiah 19:11 - Even Jeremiah 48:38 - broken Ezekiel 21:10 - General Daniel 2:44 - break Daniel 7:18 - the saints Micah 4:13 - thou shalt Matthew 2:6 - a Governor Matthew 7:21 - my Matthew 19:28 - ye also Luke 22:30 - and sit 1 Corinthians 6:2 - the saints Revelation 3:21 - to sit

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he shall rule them with a rod of iron - There is an allusion here to Psalms 2:9; “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” There is a slight change in the passage, “he shall rule,” instead of “thou shalt break,” in order to adapt the language to the purpose of the speaker here. The allusion in the Psalm is to the Messiah as reigning triumphant over the nations, or subduing them under him; and the idea here, as in the previous verse, is, that his redeemed people will be associated with him in this dominion. To rule with a scepter of iron, is not to rule with a harsh and tyrannical sway, but with power that is firm and invincible. It denotes a government of strength, or one that cannot be successfully opposed; one in which the subjects are effectually subdued.

As the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers - The ironic here is that of the vessel of a potter - a fragile vessel of clay - struck with a rod of iron and broken into fragments. That is, as applied to the nations, there would be no power to oppose His rule; the enemies of his government would be destroyed. Instead of remaining firm and compacted together, they would be broken like the clay vessel of a potter when struck with a rod of iron. The speaker does not intimate when this would be; but all that is said here would be applicable to that time when the Son of God will come to judge the world, and when His saints will be associated with him in his triumphs. As, in respect to all the others of the seven epistles to the churches, the rewards promised refer to heaven, and to the happy state of that blessed world, it would seem also that this should have a similar reference, for there is no reason why “to him that overcame” in Thyatira a temporal reward and triumph should be promised more than in the cases of the others. If so, then this passage should not be adduced as having any reference to an imaginary personal reign of the Saviour and of the saints on the earth.

Even as I received of my Father - As he has appointed me, Psalms 2:6-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. He shall rule them with a rod of iron — He shall restrain vice by the strictest administration of justice; and those who finally despise the word and rebel shall be broken and destroyed, so as never more to be able to make head against the truth. This seems to refer to the heathen world; and perhaps Constantine the Great may be intended, who, when he overcame Licinius, became the instrument in God's hand of destroying idolatry over the whole Roman empire; and it was so effectually broken as to be ever after like the fragments of an earthen vessel, of no use in themselves, and incapable of being ever united to any good purpose.