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Verse Revelation 3:4. _THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS_] A few
_persons,_ _names_ being put for those who bore them. And as the
members of the Church were all _enrolled_, or their names entered...
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THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS - See the analysis of the
chapter. The word “names” here is equivalent to “persons”; and
the idea is, that even in a place so depraved, and where religion had
so m...
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CHAPTER 3
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
_ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_
2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7)
3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
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REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22. THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
These letters are addressed to individual churches, but their messages
are intended for the Church as a whole. In every letter the...
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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS. Sardis was a little more than 30
miles SE. of Thyatira: formerly a city of great importance, at this
time it had become a town of the second rank. It had been destr...
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_Sardis_ was the capital of the great ancient kingdom of Lydia, which
was overthrown by the Persian Cyrus. It was the residence of the rich
King Croesus, whose name has passed into. proverb. Of the hi...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Sardis, write:
These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven
stars.
I know your works; I know that you have a reputation for life, but
that you...
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THOU. The texts read "But thou".
EVEN. The texts omit.
HAVE, &C.. defiled not.
DEFILED. Greek. _moluno._ Only here; Rev 14:4. 1 Corinthians 8:7. The
noun Occurs only in 2 Corinthians 7:1.
GARMENTS....
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_Thou hast_ Read, BUT THOU HAST, and omit EVEN.
_a few names_ Some understand, from the similar use of the word
"names" in Acts 1:15, that at this time it was usual for every Church
to keep a register...
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ὈΛΊΓΑ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΑ. Some understand, from the similar use of
the word “names” in Acts 1:15, that at this time it was usual for
every Church to keep a register of all its members. 1 Timothy 5:9
seems certai...
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Revelation 3:1-6. THE CHURCH IN SARDIS...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS REVELATION 3:1-6:_ Sardis was a
wealthy city that had started to decline in the days of John. It was
situated at the junction of several trade routes. It was a place of...
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ΈΧΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь,
ΈΜΌΛΥΝΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΜΟΛΎΝΩ (G3435)
марать. По стилю напоминает надпись,
обнаруженную в Малой Азии, которая
гласит, что испачканная одежда
позори...
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DISCOURSE: 2497
EPISTLE TO SARDIS
Revelation 3:4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not
defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they
are worthy. He that overcom...
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THOU HAST A FEW NAMES— _Names_ are here used for the _persons_
called by them. This symbol therefore seems to allude to the
_diptychs_ or _matricula_ used in the primitive church, in which were
regist...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 8
Text Revelation 3:1-6
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the
seven stars: I know thy works, tha...
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Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
'Aleph (') A B C,Vulgate, prefix 'nevertheless' (notwithstandi...
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The Prophetic Section
THYATIRA
18 Tertullian and Epiphanius say that there was no ecclesia in
Thyatira when John wrote these letters. On this ground many rejected
this prophecy in early times. T...
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THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED)
1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit
and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its
life is witho...
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NAMES] i.e. persons: cp. Acts 1:15. HAVE NOT DEFILED] RV 'did not
defile,' i.e. at some crisis of persecution, when most yielded: cp.
Acts 7:14. WALK] i.e. spend their life. WHITE] the colour of victo...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6
V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7
spirits of God and the...
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The best MSS. commence this verse with “But,” or
“Nevertheless.” The case of the Sardian Church was bad, yet the
loving eyes of the faithful witness would not ignore the good. There
were a few who had...
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ὀλ. ὀν. “quasi paucos nominatos, _i.e._, bonos qui nominatione
digni sunt” (_cf._ the use of πρίσωπα = persons or
individuals, in Clem. Rom. and Ignat.). ἐμόλ. (_cf. Fragment of
Uncanonical Gospel, Ox...
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The message to Sardis. The title of the speaker (drawn from Revelation
1:4; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:20), as general as in the similar
letter to Ephesus, has no special bearing on the subsequent...
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“ESTABLISH THE THINGS THAT REMAIN”
Revelation 3:1
In other addresses to the churches our Lord began with commendation,
but no such word is here. He is described in the fullness of His
glorious nature...
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The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the
Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things
remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is
lar...
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TO THE DEAD CHURCH
On a plateau at the foot of Mount Timolous, in a fertile valley, at
the intersection of several roads, stood the city of Sardis. It was 35
miles southeast of Thyatira. Three sides o...
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Thou hast a few names even in Sardis (3) which have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in (4) white: for they are (d)
worthy.
(3) That is, who have with all religion guarded thems...
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To the Angel of the church of Sardis. He begins with a severe
reprehension, thou hast the name of being alive, and thou art dead,
which we may understand of the greatest part of them, and of being
dea...
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(1) And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things
saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I
know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art d...
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That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating
the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our
consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the
stronge...
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The Church in Sardis
The doldrums is a part of the ocean near the equator, with abounding
calms, and light, timid winds. The weather is hot and extreemely
dispiriting. The old sailing vessels, when c...
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There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled.
Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would
be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
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THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS,.... The Alexandrian copy and
others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, and all the
Oriental versions, read, "but thou hast a few names", c. or "a few...
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Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Ver. 4. _Thou hast a few names_] Though no thanks to the pastor,...
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Revelation 3:4. "They shall walk with me in white, for they are
_worthy_:" that is, they are _fit_, as we often use the word.
The moon is a type of the revelation God made, and of the ordinances
he in...
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Yet _thou hast a few names_ That is, persons; _even in Sardis_ Corrupt
and indolent as the general state of the place is; _who have not
defiled their garments_ Who, notwithstanding the common corrupti...
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NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; not embraced error or indulged in sin.
IN WHITE; a state of purity and blessedness....
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THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS
(vv. 1-6)
The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character,
for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a
revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
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SARDIS (VERSES 1-6)
The City
Sardis was one of the richest cities of the ancient world. It had a
2,000 year history. Sardis was built on Mount Timolus. 600 years
before Christ, Sardis was the capita...
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THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS, a few persons even in that
polluted place, WHICH HAVE NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; who have kept
their integrity and innocency. There is a garment of Christ's
righ...
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Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " "Why, then, sir," I said, "do
all these trees bear fruit, and some of them fairer than the rest?
"Listen," he said: "all who once suffered for the name of the Lor...
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Revelation 3:4 have G2192 (G5719) few G3641 names G3686 even G2532 in
G1722 Sardis G4554 who G3739 have...
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‘But you have a few names (people) in Sardis who did not defile
(spoil) their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, for they
are worthy.'
Sardis was a centre for the manufacture and dyeing of...
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Revelation 3:4. Sardis was not wholly given over to evil, and the Lord
does not less mark and approve the good than condemn the evil that was
in her.
BUT THOU HAST A FEW NAMES IN SARDIS WHICH DID NOT...
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The fifth church addressed is that of Sardis, one of the most famous
of the seven cities to which these Epistles are sent, the capital in
former days of the great kingdom of Lydia, Croesus' kingdom, l...
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A FEW NAMES
(ολιγα ονοματα). This use of ονομα for persons is
seen in the _Koine_ (Deissmann, _Bible Studies_, p. 196f.) as in Acts
1:15; Revelation 11:13.DID NOT DEFILE
(ουκ εμολυναν). First aori...
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CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to
Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy.
Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
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_Epistle the fifth._
Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of
ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians.
This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
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BUT A FEW OF YOU. God had some few who were still faithful to him.
These were "lights" in the darkness. CLOTHED IN WHITE. Symbolic of the
victory of God's people (_see_ Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 19:8)....
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WALKING IN WHITE
They shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4.
Did you ever notice how often the word “white” is mentioned in the
Book of Revelation? If you take the trouble...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:1 The church in _Sardis_ has a few
who remain faithful, but their faith does not result in good works.
Most of the impressive Roman-era remains now visible at Sardis we...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:4 There is hope for A FEW NAMES,
alert and faithful believers. Christ promises them the conqueror’s
reward. They will have communion with him (WALK WITH ME) and the...
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5. SARDIS.
Vs. 1-6. Sardis, the capital of Lydia, the citadel of the world famed
Croesus, has fulfilled the prophecy that "the nation and kingdom that
will not serve thee shall perish," Sardis and rui...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:1. SARDIS.—Modern, _Sart_; once the capital of the old
Lydian monarchy, now a village of paltry huts. SEVEN SPIRITS OF
GOD.—Most writers see in this the en...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 3:1
_The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two
which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no
blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
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CHAPTER 3 - LAST 3 LETTERS TO SEVEN CHURCHES
5. Sardis: The spiritually dead carnal church
Background: Sardis was also one of the oldest cities in Asia Minor.
Sardis was a city of commerce that was n...
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation)
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God
(Revelation 3:1),
And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
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1 Kings 19:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Acts 1:15; Ecclesiastes 9:8;...
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Thou hast a few names. The best texts insert ajlla but between these
words and the close of the preceding verse. So Rev. But,
notwithstanding the general apathy of the Church, thou hast a few,
etc. Co...
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THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA
Revelation 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at
Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
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Yet thou hast a few names — That is, persons. But though few, they
had not separated themselves from the rest; otherwise, the angel of
Sardis would not have had them. Yet it was no virtue of his, that...
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Note here, That though the greater part in Sardis were dead or dying,
that is, declining or decaying, yet there were some that kept their
innocency, and preserved themselves from error and false worsh...