Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 3:21
I will give him to sit with me on my throne — In unspeakable happiness and glory. Elsewhere, heaven itself is termed the throne of God: but this throne is in heaven.
I will give him to sit with me on my throne — In unspeakable happiness and glory. Elsewhere, heaven itself is termed the throne of God: but this throne is in heaven.
Verse Revelation 3:21. _TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE_] In every case it is to him that _overcometh_, to the _conqueror_, that the final promise is made. He that _conquers_ not is not _crowned_, theref...
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH - See the notes on Revelation 2:7. WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE - That is, they will share his honors and his triumphs. See the notes on Revelation 2:26; compare the...
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...
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...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA. Laodicea was 40 miles SE. of Philadelphia and near Colossæ. It was famous for its wealth, and when it was overthrown by an earthquake in A.D. 60, it disdained to...
_Laodicea_ is last named. The city was situated about twenty miles from Ephesus, and near Colosse. The church was honored with an epistle from the apostle Paul. See Colossians 4:17. Still, it had fall...
And to the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the witness on whom you can rely and who is true, the moving cause of the creation of God. I know your works; I know that...
THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
AM SET DOWN. sat down. See Acts 2:33; Acts 2:34.Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 1:21.
_To him that overcometh_ The construction is as in Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:12, "He that overcometh, I will give him." For the sense, compare the former of these passages; but the promise of shar...
THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA...
Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν. The construction is as in Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:12, “He that overcometh, I will give him.” For the sense, compare the former of these passages; but the promise of sharing Christ’s in...
_CONCLUSION OF THE LAODICEAN LETTER REVELATION 3:18-22:_ These brethren had to learn what was really important. Jesus expressed His love for these brethren by the rebuke He gave. "As many as I love, I...
ΝΙΚΏΝ _praes. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΝΙΚΆΩ (G3528) преодолевать, ΔΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΚΑΘΊΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΑΘΊΖΩ (G2523) садиться, сажать. _Inf._ дели или результ...
DISCOURSE: 2505 THE VICTOR’S REWARD Revelation 3:21. _To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne_. WE have...
WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE,— The accomplishment of this promise is declared, ch. Revelation 20:4. We only observe, that notwithstanding this angel is described with the worst character o...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 10 Text Revelation 3:14-22 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of...
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE - (; ; ;...
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)....
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...
Cp. John 16:33; John 17:24....
TO THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA Christ speaks as He through whom alone comes true life with its riches and blessings (Revelation 3:14). The Church is blamed for luke warmness, self-satisfaction and worldlin...
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...
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH.... — He will share Christ’s throne as Christ shared His Father’s throne. Here are two thrones mentioned. My throne, saith Christ: this is the condition of glorified saints who...
δώσω κ. τ. λ., To share Christ's royal power and judicial dignity it a reward proffered in the gospels, but Jesus there (_cf._ Mark 10:40) disclaimed this prerogative. God's throne is Christ's, as in...
The message for Laodicea, where a church existed by 60 A.D. (Colossians 4:16)....
“I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK” Revelation 3:14 It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that God's love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result, while if we...
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...
TO THE LUKEWARM CHURCH Verse 14 Laodicea was 40 miles southeast of Philadelphia. It was in a fertile valley at the junction of several major trade routes. It was a wealthy city famous for much gold, b...
(15) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (15) The conclusion, consisting of a promise, as in (Revel...
The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia. Christ here takes the title of the Amen, [3] as if he said, I am the Truth. --- The beginning of the creation, or of the creature...
(14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (15) I know thy works, that thou art ne...
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...
_THE CHRISTIAN CONQUEROR_ ‘He that overcometh I will give to him to sit down with Me in My throne.’ Revelation 3:21 (R.V.) This is the last of seven honours set before the Christian conquerors in t...
The Church in Laodicea A man visited his optometrist to have his glasses checked. "They just aren't strong enough," he told the doctor. "Don't you have something stronger?" "Yes," asid the optometris...
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...
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH,.... The lukewarmness, and self-confidence, and security of this state: WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE; at the close of this church state, which will be the last of t...
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Ver. 21. _To sit with me in my throne_] The thrones of those ea...
_Behold, I stand_ Or, _I have stood_, as εστηκα literally signifies, namely, for a long time and I still stand, even at this instant; _at the door_ Of men's hearts; _and knock_ Waiting for admittance:...
TO SIT WITH ME; in a state of high and eternal exaltation and blessedness....
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE, EVEN AS I ALSO OVERCAME AND AM SET DOWN WITH MY FATHER IN HIS THRONE....
The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:...
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...
LAODICEA (VERSES 14-22) The City Laodicea was a city of great wealth, richest in the region of Phrygia. It is located in the Meander Valley on the Lycus River. It had existed since the third century...
14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth...
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE; I will give him great honour, dignity, and power; he shall judge the world in the day of judgment, 1 CORINTHIANS 6:3, the twelve, tribe...
Tertullian On Idolatry For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier magistrate, not in the earth, but in the...
Revelation 3:21 him G846 overcomes G3528 (G5723) grant G1325 (G5692) sit G2523 (G5658) with G3326 Me...
‘He who overcomes, I will give to him the right to sit down on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.' The Laodiceans had much of this world's goods but they were no...
Revelation 3:21. HE THAT OVERCOMETH, TO HIM WILL I GRANT TO SIT DOWN ALONG WITH ME IN MY THRONE, etc. This promise is the highest of all that we have met in the seven Epistles. The throne of Jesus is...
HE THAT OVERCOMETH (ο νικων). Absolute nominative again as in Revelation 3:12, but resumed this time by the dative αυτω as in Revelation 2:26.TO SIT (καθισα). First aorist active infinitive of καθ...
FATHER This passage, in harmony with (Luke 1:32); (Luke 1:33); (Matthew 19:28); (Acts 2:30); ...
Revelation 3:21 The Close of the Year. I. "He that overcometh." Then there is light shining in and struggling with the darkness a conflict year-long and lifelong, which, though it has its defeats, ma...
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....
_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...
TO THOSE WHO WIN THE VICTORY. The promise is available! _Sit by me._ Share his rule (_compare_ 1 Corinthians 6:2-3). JUST AS I HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS. He has already defeated Satan (Hebrews 12:2)....
_The Laodiceans._ LAODICEA--THE SELF-COMPLACENT CHURCH Laodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching lesson. Lukew...
_As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten._ DIVINE CHASTISEMENT I. In reference to the sinner, what is the object of Divine chastisement? The merciful design is the conviction and conversion of the s...
_To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me._ THE CHRISTIAN RAISED TO THE THRONE OF CHRIST I. “To him that overcometh”; this supposes a conflict. 1. You must contend against yourself. The m...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:21 I WILL GRANT HIM TO SIT WITH ME ON MY THRONE implies that Christ will give some of his ruling authority to his people (compare Reve
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:14 _Laodicea_ is criticized for its spiritual immaturity. The city was a commercial center. It had thriving medical and textile industries. It was so wealthy that it de...
7. LAODICEA. Vs. 14-22. Laodicea receives no commendation. She is not hopeless, but indifferent. However indifference is next to hopelessness. The city of Laodicea, named for Laodice wife of the Sele...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 3:14. LAODICEANS.—The city of Laodicea was situated on the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was possibly the angel of this Church,...
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...
7. LAODICEA: THE MATERIALLY RICH APOSTATE CHURCH Background: The city was founded before 1000 BC but the city was named Laodicea in 250 BC. The physical location of the city was about 40 miles east of...
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...
1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 6:3; 1 John 5:4; 1 John 5:5; 2
He that overcometh. See on chapter Revelation 2:7. :Revelation 4 CHAPTER IV The Revelation proper now begins....
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...
Here our Saviour concludes this epistle, as he did the former, with. promise to the persevering Christian, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH, namely, all the trials and temptations of this life, and keeps his fa...