Revelation 2:9

‘I know the distress you are suffering ¹  and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know ²  the slander against you ³  by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue ⁴  of Satan.

Lu 4:18; Lu 6:20; Lu 12:21; Lu 22:65; Joh 16:33; Ac 14:22; Ac 26:11; Ro 2:17,28,29; Ro 5:3; Ro 8:35; Ro 9:6; Ro 12:12; 2Co 6:10; 2Co 8:2,9; 1Th 3:4; 2Th 1:6,7; 1Ti 1:13; 1Ti 6:18; Jas 2:5,6; Re 2:2; Re 3:9; Re 3:17,18; Re 7:14

¹ tn Or “know your suffering.” This could refer to suffering or distress caused by persecution (see L&N 22.2).

² tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “I also know” to link this English sentence back to “I know” at the beginning of the verse.

³ tn The words “against you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

⁴ sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (e.g., Mt 4:23, Mk 1:21, Lk 4:15, Jn 6:59).