Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And--implying the close connection of the promise to the conqueror that follows, with the preceding exhortation, Revelation 2:25.
and keepeth--Greek, "and he that keepeth." Compare the same word in the passage already alluded to by the Lord, Acts 15:28-29, end.
my works--in contrast to "her (English Version, 'their') works" (Revelation 2:22). The works which I command and which are the fruit of My Spirit.
unto the end-- (Matthew 24:13). The image is perhaps from the race, wherein it is not enough to enter the lists, but the runner must persevere to the end.
give power--Greek, "authority."
over the nations--at Christ's coming the saints shall possess the kingdom "under the whole heaven"; therefore over this earth; compare Luke 19:17, "have thou authority [the same word as here] over ten cities."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 32:1
Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 45:14
Daniel 7:9
Daniel 7:12
Malachi 4:3
1 Corinthians 6:2
1 Corinthians 15:24
Revelation 3:21
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