Revelation 13:10
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
Note NE, WH, and BYZ if anyone kills
Note See Jeremiah 15:2.
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.
If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
Note TR reads “If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a sword.” instead of “If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.”
If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- that leadeth
- Exodus 21:23–25; Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 33:1; Matthew 7:2
- he that killeth
- Revelation 16:6; Genesis 9:5, 6; Isaiah 26:21; Matthew 26:52
- Here
- Revelation 1:9; Revelation 2:2, 19; Revelation 3:3, 10; Revelation 14:12; Lamentations 3:26; Habakkuk 2:3; Luke 18:1–8; Luke 21:19; Colossians 1:11; Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 10:36, 37; Hebrews 12:3, 4; James 1:2–4; James 5:7, 8