He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
Christ speaks here as the One bearing the sharp two-edged sword because Pergamos was plagued with corruptors of faith and morals; He comes resolved to fight them by the sword of His word. The word of God cuts every way, no heart too hard, no sin-habit too deeply rooted that it cannot divide them asunder.
AI summary
Commenting on Revelation 2:12-17
He that hath an ear, let him hear,.... See Gill on Rev 2:7. To him that overcometh; the Balaamites and Nicolaitans, and do not give in to the doctrines and practices of the one, or of the other, whatever persecution and trouble he meets with, and endures on that account: will I give to eat of the hidden manna; in opposition to eating things sacrificed to idols, refused by him.
Verse 17. He that hath an ear, etc. . To him that overcometh. . Will I give to eat of the hidden manna. The true spiritual food; the food that nourishes the soul. The idea is, that the souls of those who "overcame," or who gained the victory in their conflict with sin, and in the persecutions and trials of the world, would be permitted...