Revelation 2:27 New English Translation

²⁷he^[a] will rule^[b] them with an iron rod^[c]
and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,^[d]

Revelation 2:27 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
Revelation 2:27 tn Grk “will shepherd.”
Revelation 2:27 tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rhabdos) can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”
Revelation 2:27 sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5; 19:15.

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