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Revelation 2:27
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the church in Thyatira, promising the overcomer authority over the nations immediately after commanding persistent obedience in Revelation 2:26.
The words — The Greek ποιμανεῖ (poimanei) literally means "he will shepherd," coupled with ἐν ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾷ (en rhabdō sidēra), "with a rod of iron," defining the method of that rule.
The thread — The declaration of ruling nations with an iron scepter appears in Psalms 2:8, Revelation 12:5, and Revelation 19:15, consistently marking divine judgment and sovereign control.
Why it lands — The text states that the overcomer's authority is entirely derivative, received directly from the Father, which requires the reader to submit to Christ's mandate rather than pursue autonomous power.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Cross-references
- Psalms 2:8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Revelation 12:5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
- Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- Isaiah 30:14 It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Psalms 149:5 Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- Jeremiah 19:11 and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
- Luke 22:29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
- John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Psalms 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.