\\INTRODUCTION TO REVALATION 2\\ This chapter contains the epistles to the churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira. It begins with that ...
In Pergamum (en Pergamwi). In a north-easterly direction from Smyrna in the Caicus Valley, some fifty-five miles away, in Mysia, on a lofty hill, a g...
Patience [T]General scriptures concerning Psalms 37:7-9 ; Proverbs 15:18 ; Ecclesiastes 7:8 Ecclesiastes 7:9 ; Lamentations 3:26 Lamentations 3...
THE REVELATION OF JOHN. CHAPTER II. Letters to the Churches. SUMMARY.--The Letter to the Metropolitan Church of Ephesus. To the Angel of the Mar...
Thou sufferest (apei). Late vernacular present active indicative second person singular as if from a form apew instead of the usual apihmi forms. The...
There shall be no night there The NU text and some manuscripts in the line of the MT text omit there implying the general absence of darkness, whethe...
hold fast An aorist imperative, ????????? [krat?sate] , ?you all hold fast!?1 Similar instructions are given to the Philadelphian church (Rev. Rev. 3...
In the case of the historic churches of Asia, pressure to compromise came on at least two fronts: (1) pressure by the state to worship the emperor an...
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Revelation 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira The copulative and is left out in the Alexandrian copy and Complutensian edition, an...
His feet It would appear that His feet were unshod: They were no doubt bare; as were the feet of the Levitical priesthood ministering in the sanctuar...
Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last These characters, which are repeated here, (See Gill on Revelation 1:8); are left...
4.15.1.1 - Representative of All Churches of All Ages4.15.1.2 - Believers and Unbelievers4.15.1.3 - Who is the Overcomer?4.15.1.4 - The Structure of t...
John Darby commentary for Revelation 2Revelation Chapter 2The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to hav...
ASIA a'-shi-a (Asia): A Roman province embracing the greater part of western Asia Minor, including the older countries of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and a ...
Chapter 22:6? But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Nicolaitanes From nikao, to conquer, and laos, the...
I will cast A futurist use of the present tense, ????? [ball?] , the judgment is imminent as if it had already begun. sickbed Although ?????? [klin?n...
he shall rule them This promise is closely related to that given to the Laodicean overcomer: ?I will grant to sit with Me on My throne as I also over...
The Letter to EphesusAttributeDescriptionMeaningdesirable, darling, beloved, relaxation1 Titles2 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ?These...
will kill her children with death A futuristic use of the present tense: ?I am killing?. An indication of imminency of the judgment. Gen. 2:17).?1 J...