Revelation 13:10

Revelation 13:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
• New International Version (NIV)“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Context of Revelation 13:10

8and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb. 9If any one has an ear, let him hear. If any one [leads] into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with [the] sword, he must with [the] sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints. 11And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon; 12and it exercises all the authority of the first beast before it, and causes the earth and those that dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.

Revelation 13:10 word by word

εἴ τις εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν ὑπάγει, εἴ τις ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀποκτανθῆναι, αὐτὸν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀποκτανθῆναι· ὧδέ ἐστιν ἡ ὑπομονὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις τῶν ἁγίων.¶Read the interlinear

• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• captivityαἰχμαλωσίαaichmalōsia · captivityG161
• goesὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• swordμάχαιραmachaira · swordG3162
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• enduranceὑπομονήhupomonē · perseveranceG5281
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40

Cross-references for Revelation 13:10

• Exodus 21:23But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
• Isaiah 14:2And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and that dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
• Matthew 7:2for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
• Revelation 16:6for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.
• Genesis 9:5And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
• Isaiah 26:21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
• Matthew 26:52Then saith Jesus to him, Return thy sword to its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword.
• Revelation 1:9I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.
• Revelation 2:2I know thy works and [thy] labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil [men]; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves [are] apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
• Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep [it] and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come [upon thee] as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.
• Revelation 14:12Here is the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
• Lamentations 3:26It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
• Luke 18:1And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,
• Luke 21:19By your patient endurance gain your souls.

Commentaries on Revelation 13:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity - The Latin empire here spoken of must go into captivity, because it has led into captivity, by not only propagating among the various nations its abominable antichristian system, but also in compelling them to embrace it under the penalty of forfeiting the protection of the empire. He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword - The Latin empire must be also broken to pieces by the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He that leadeth into captivity - This is clearly intended to refer to the power or government which is denoted by the beast. The form of expression here in the Greek is special - “If anyone leadeth into captivity,” etc. - ̓́ ̓́ ́ Ei tis aichmalōsian sunageiThe statement is general, and is intended to make use of a general or prevalent truth with reference to this particular case. The general truth is, that people will, in the course of things, be dealt…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10God's holy people are called to stay strong and faithful during temporary persecution.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. He that leadeth into captivity--A, B, C, and Vulgate read, "if any one (be) for captivity." shall go into captivity--Greek present, "goeth into captivity." Compare Jr 15:2, which is alluded to here. Aleph, B, and C read simply, "he goeth away," and omit "into captivity." But A and Vulgate support the words. he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the sword--So B and C read. But A reads, "if any (is for) being (literally, 'to be') killed…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 13:10

• Patience
• Vision
• War

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Commentaries on Revelation 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings