He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
We now proceed to the second epistle sent to another of the Asian churches, where, as before, observe, I. The preface or inscription in both parts. 1. The superscription, telling us to whom it was more expressly and immediately directed: To the angel of the church in Smyrna, a place well known at this day by our merchants, a city of great trade and wealth...
Commenting on Revelation 2:8-11
He that hath an ear, let him hear,.... See Gill on Rev 2:7, he that overcometh; and is not intimidated by poverty, confiscation of goods, tribulation, persecution, and death itself, but through Christ is a conqueror, and more than a conqueror over all these things: shall not be hurt of the second death; by which is meant eternal death, in distinction from a corporeal and...
Verse 11. He that hath an ear, etc. . He that overcometh. . The particular promise here is made to him that should "overcome;" that is, that would gain the victory in the persecutions which were to come upon them.