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Verse Revelation 3:11. _BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY_] These things will
shortly take place; and I am coming with _consolations_ and _rewards_
to my faithful followers, and with _judgments_ to my adversarie...
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BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY - That is, in the trials referred to. Compare
the notes on Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:16.
Hold that fast whi
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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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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia was about 30
miles SE. of Sardis. Like Sardis it was subject to frequent
earthquakes, and consequently never attained any great size. The
conditi...
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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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_PHILADELPHIA_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM SARDIS AND WAS THE SECOND
CITY IN IMPORTANCE IN THE PROVINCE OF LYDIA. IT IS FIRST MENTIONED IN
REVELATION, AND THE PRAISES BESTOWED UPON THE CHURCH SHOW T...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia, write:
These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key
of David, he who opens and no man will shut, and shuts and no man
opens. I k...
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BEHOLD. Omit.
HOLD... FAST. Same Greek. word as Revelation 2:1; Revelation 2:13;
Revelation 2:14; Revelation 2:15;...
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_hold that fast which thou hast_ See on Revelation 2:6; Revelation
2:25.
_that no man take thy crown_ i.e. rob thee of it: the image of a race
or other contest for a prize does not seem in harmony wi...
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ΚΡΆΤΕΙ Ὅ ἜΧΕΙΣ. See on Revelation 2:6; Revelation 2:25.
ΛΆΒΗΙ, i.e. rob thee of it: it is hardly meant that his loss will
be in any sense another’s gain, but that whoever can tempt him to
let go what...
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THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13:_ Philadelphia
means brotherly love. The purpose of the city of Philadelphia was to
spread the Greek language and the Greek way of life. This wa...
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ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ приходить.
_Praes._ используется для придания
большей уверенности описанию
будущего события,
ΤΑΧΎΣ (G5036) быстро, скоро,
ΚΡΆΤΕΙ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΑ...
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DISCOURSE: 2499
EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA
Revelation 3:8. I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an
open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength,
and hast kept my word, a...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 9
Text Revelation 3:7-13
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the
key of David, he that o...
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Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown.
BEHOLD. Omitted by 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, Coptic, Syriac.
I COME QUICKLY - the great incentive to faithful...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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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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TO THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA Christ speaks as He by whom alone comes
entrance into the Church, the spiritual house of God (Revelation 3:7).
The Church is praised for its faithfulness in persecution....
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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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BEHOLD, I COME. — Omit “Behold.” Better, _I am coming quickly;
hold fast; continue your race as those who are striving for a garland_
(1 Corinthians 9:24)....
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The message to Philadelphia....
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“You have not long to wait and suffer now”; a fresh motive for
tenacity of purpose. Compare with what follows the tradition of R.
Simon (in Tract. Shabb. bab. 88 _a_) that on the occasion of Exodus
24...
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LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN
Revelation 3:7
For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide
door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in
His Name. Once He open...
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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 ENDURING CHURCH
Verse 7 Twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis was the town of
Philadelphia. It was located in a very fertile but dangerously
volcanic area. The city was founded by Attalus II w...
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To the Angel of the church of Philadelphia. There were several towns
of this name; here is understood that which was near Sardis, in Lydia.
Here is no more than an admonition to persevere, to hold tha...
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(7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no...
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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 Philadelphia
I. INTRODUCTION
A. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one
another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this
all will know that...
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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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BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY,.... To bring on this hour of temptation on the
reformed churches, which will be at the beginning of this period; to
help and deliver, save and preserve the truly godly among th...
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_Behold, I come quickly_ To put an end to those trials which for the
present are so painful; _hold that fast which thou hast_ With resolute
fidelity; _that no man take thy crown_ That no person or thi...
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THY CROWN; the crown of life which Christ will bestow upon all who
continue faithful to him....
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The letter to the congregation at Philadelphia:...
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BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; HOLD THAT FAST WHICH THOU HAST, THAT NO MAN
TAKE THY CROWN....
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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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PHILADELPHIA (VERSES 7-13)
The City
Philadelphia was founded in 140 BC by the king of Pergamos. The name,
Philadelphia, means “brotherly love.” It was a center of Greek
culture, learning, and langua...
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7-13 The same Lord Jesus has the key of government and authority in
and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches;
he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door...
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OLBGrk;
BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; tacu, which certainly is the same with en
tacei; and it might be as well concluded, that the day of judgment
should come by that time Rome pagan should cease, as that a...
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Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience
and again, "Hold that which thou hast, that another take not thy
crown."[33]
Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus
An...
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Revelation 3:11 Behold G2400 (G5628) coming G2064 (G5736) quickly
G5035 fast G2902 (G5720) what G3739 have...
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Revelation 3:11. I COME QUICKLY. Comp. chap. Revelation 2:25 and
Revelation 3:3, in both of which the general, rather than any special,
coming of the Lord had been spoken of. He was to ‘come' in the
f...
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I COME QUICKLY
(ερχομα ταχυ). As in Revelation 2:16; Revelation 22:7;
Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20. "The k...
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Revelation 3:11
Divine Decrees..
I. Not long before the fall and treachery of Judas, Christ pronounced
a blessing, as it seemed, upon all the twelve Apostles, the traitor
included. Who would not have...
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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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I AM COMING SOON. His promise. Jesus comes in judgment through his
angels (Revelation 1:1). He will come in person at the Second Coming
(Revelation 1:7)....
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_Behold, I come quickly._
THE COMING OF CHRIST
It is not improbable that this bishop was no other than the Demetrius
who is mentioned in St. John’s third Epistle as having a “good
report of all men a...
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_Philadelphia._
PHILADELPHIA--THE PATIENT CHURCH
Philadelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the
exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the
perfection of p...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:7 _Philadelphia_ is praised for
enduring in faith. In recognition for the aid after an earthquake in
A.D. 17, the city was briefly renamed Neocaesarea (“Caesar’s New
Ci...
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6. PHILADELPHIA.
Vs. 7-13. Here is a church on which Christ bestows unmixed praise. She
had "little strength"; few in numbers and poor in resources. The
vicissitudes of the city, because of earthquake...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:7. PHILADELPHIA.—Situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus,
and named after Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamos. It was a
centre of the wine trade. HOLY AND...
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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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6. PHILADELPHIA: THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Background: Philadelphia was the youngest city of the seven
mentioned in the letters. The city was established in 189 BC and was
named after two brothers...
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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 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Timothy 2:5; 2 Timot
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Behold. Omit.
That no one take thy crown [ι ν α μ η δ ε ι ς λ α β η τ
ο ν σ τ ε φ α ν ο ν]. Take it away. The idea is not that of
one believer stepping into the place which was designed for another,
b...
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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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Thy crown — Which is ready for thee, if thou endure to the end....
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Observe here, notwithstanding this church's constancy, yet Christ
exhorts her to steadfastness, HOLD FAST; the steadiest and most
steadfast Christians have need to be often cautioned and counselled
ag...