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Louis Segond
Apocalypse 3:10
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Parce que tu as gard� la parole de ma patience, je te garderai aussi de l'heure de la tentation qui doit arriver dans tout le monde, pour �prouver ceux qui habitent sur la terre.
Parce que tu as gard� la parole de ma patience, moi-m�me je te garderai de l'heure de la tentation qui doit venir sur le monde entier, pour �prouver les habitants de la terre.
Parce que tu as gard� la parole de ma patience, moi aussi je te garderai de l'heure de l'�preuve qui va venir sur la terre habit�e tout enti�re, pour �prouver ceux qui habitent sur la terre.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the word: Revelation 1:9, Revelation 13:10, Revelation 14:12
I also: Matthew 6:13, Matthew 26:41, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Ephesians 6:13, 2 Peter 2:9
all: Matthew 24:14, Mark 14:9, Luke 2:1, Romans 1:8
to try: Isaiah 24:17, Daniel 12:10, Zechariah 13:9, James 3:12, 1 Peter 4:12
Reciprocal: Psalms 41:1 - time of trouble Psalms 119:67 - but now Proverbs 14:3 - but Proverbs 16:17 - he Mark 13:13 - but Mark 14:38 - Watch Luke 11:4 - lead Luke 21:19 - General Luke 22:40 - Pray John 6:70 - and one Acts 21:13 - for 2 Corinthians 6:4 - in much Philippians 4:1 - so 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - and patience 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - and into 1 Timothy 1:19 - Holding 2 Timothy 4:7 - I have kept Hebrews 2:18 - them Hebrews 11:17 - when Hebrews 12:1 - with patience 1 Peter 1:7 - the trial 2 Peter 1:10 - never Revelation 2:3 - hast patience Revelation 3:8 - and hast kept Revelation 16:14 - the whole
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience,.... The Gospel; so called because it gives an account of the patience of Christ, in the midst of all his outward meanness and humiliation; and because it is a means of implanting and increasing the grace of patience, which God is the efficient cause of, and Christ is the example of; that patience, which bears a resemblance to his, in enduring afflictions, reproaches, persecutions, desertions, and temptations, and in waiting for his kingdom and glory; and because both the preachers and professors of the word have need of patience, and should exercise it in like manner as Christ did. This word, the churches, in the Philadelphian state, will keep pure and incorrupt, and observe the ordinances of it according to the directions given in it; and will believe the promise of Christ's personal coming, and patiently wait for it: wherefore, Christ promises as follows,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth; this hour seems to refer not to any of the vials which will be poured out on the antichristian states, but to some affliction and distress which will befall the reformed churches, and will light upon the outward court worshippers among them It seems to be the last struggle of the beast of Rome, and to denote some violent and sharp persecution, such as what Daniel mentions, that never was before nor since; but it will be but short, but one hour, the twenty fourth part of a prophetical day or year, perhaps about a fortnight; yet it will be very extensive; it will reach all the world, the whole Roman empire, and all that dwell upon the earth, that are called by the name of Christians, and will try them, whether they are so or not; Christ will now have his fan in his hand, and purge his floor of all his formal professors and hypocrites; and it will be known who are his true churches, and pure members; and these he will keep close to himself, and preserve safe amidst all the distress and confusion the world will be in. This cannot refer to the bloody persecutions under the Roman emperors, for from those the church at Philadelphia was not preserved. We read s of twelve members of it that suffered with Polycarp.
s Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 4. c. 15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience - My word commanding or enjoining patience; that is, thou hast manifested the patience which I require. They had shown this in the trials which they had experienced; he promises now, that in return he will keep them in the future trials that shall come upon the world. One of the highest rewards of patience in one trial is the grace that God gives us to bear another. The fact that we have been patient and submis sive may be regarded as proof that he will give us grace that we may be patient and submissive in the trials that are to come. God does not leave those who have shown that they will not leave him.
I also will keep thee - That is, I will so keep you that you shall not sink under the trials which will prove a severe temptation to many. This does not mean that they would be actually kept from calamity of all kinds, but that they would be kept from the temptation of apostasy in calamity. He would give them grace to bear up under trials with a Christian spirit, and in such a manner that their salvation should not be endangered.
From the hour of temptation - The season; the time; the period of temptation. You shall be no kept that what will prove to be a time of temptation to so many, shall not endanger your salvation. Though others fall, you shall not; though you may be afflicted with others, yet you shall have grace to sustain you.
Which shall come upon all the world - The phrase used here - “all the world” - may either denote the whole world; or the whole Roman empire; or a large district of country; or the land of Judaea. See the notes on Luke 2:1. Here, perhaps, all that is implied is, that the trial would be very extensive or general - so much so as to embrace the world, as the word was understood by those to whom the epistle was addressed. It need not be supposed that the whole world literally was included in it, or even all the Roman empire, but what was the world to them - the region which they would embrace in that term. If there were some far-spreading calamity in the country where they resided, it would probably be all that would be fairly embraced in the meaning of the word. It is not known to what trial the speaker refers. It may have been some form of persecution, or it may have been some calamity by disease, earthquake, or famine that was to occur. Tacitus (see Wetstein, in loco) mentions an earthquake that sank twelve cities in Asia Minor, in one night, by which, among others, Philadelphia was deeply affected; and ‘it is possible that there may have been reference here to that overwhelming calamity. But nothing can be determined with certainty in regard to this.
To try them that dwell upon the earth - To test their character. It would rather seem from this that the affliction was some form of persecution as adapted to test the fidelity of those who were affected by it. The persecutions in the Roman empire would furnish abundant occasions for such a trial.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 3:10. The word of my patience — The doctrine which has exposed you to so much trouble and persecution, and required so much patience and magnanimity to bear up under its attendant trials.
The hour of temptation — A time of sore and peculiar trial which might have proved too much for their strength. He who is faithful to the grace of God is often hidden from trials and difficulties which fall without mitigation on those who have been unfaithful in his covenant. Many understand by the hour of temptation the persecution under Trajan, which was greater and more extensive than the preceding ones under Nero and Domitian.
To try them — That is, such persecutions will be the means of trying and proving those who profess Christianity, and showing who were sound and thorough Christians and who were not.
