Tertullian On Idolatry
Else, both the devil's ingenuity in malice, and God the Lord's in the Discipline by which He fortifies us against the devil's depths,[9]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI
The Father, on the other hand, alone, without copulation, has produced (an offspring). She wished to emulate the Father,[67]
Verse 24. _BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, AND UNTO THE REST_] "But unto the rest, c. This is the reading of the Complutensian, and seems preferable to the common one, as it evidently shows that the rest of the...
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, AND UNTO THE REST IN THYATIRA - The word - “and” - καὶ kai - is omitted in many mss. and versions, and in the critical editions of Griesbach, Tittmann, and Hahn, and the connectio...
II. THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE SEVEN CHURCH MESSAGES, AND THEIR PROPHETIC MEANING CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Ephesus: The post-apostolic period (Revelation 2:1)_ 2. Smyrna: The period of persecution (Revelati...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA. Thyatira, which was about 4 miles SE. of Pergamum, was relatively much less important than the cities already mentioned. It was a commercial centre, and seems to...
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...
_Thyatira_ is named first in Acts, chapter XVI. It is probable that Lydia and her household formed the nucleus of the church. The name is not mentioned again until it appears in Revelation. The city w...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like beaten brass. I know your works--I mean your love and yo...
AND. Omit. REST. App-124. DEPTHS. Compare 2 Corinthians 2:11. I WILL PUT... NONE. Read "I lay not" (App-105.) OTHER. See App-124....
_unto you_ The form of address to the Angel of the Church is dropped, and the Church addressed directly. _And_should be omitted: the sense is "to the rest of you in Thyatira," or more literally, "to y...
ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΔΈ. The form of address to the Angel of the Church is dropped, and the Church addressed directly. The sense is “to the rest of you in Thyatira,” or more literally, “to you, namely to the rest.”...
THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA REVELATION 2:18-29:_ Thyatira was the smallest of all the cities to whom letters were written. Jesus said of them, "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and fa...
ΛΟΙΠΌΣ (G3063) остальной, остающийся. ΈΧΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΒΑΘΈΑ _acc. pl. от_ ΒΑΘΎΣ (G901) глубокий, глубина, ΛΈΓΟΥΣΙΝ...
DISCOURSE: 2492 THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA Revelation 2:24. _But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they sp...
I WILL PUT UPON YOU NONE OTHER BURDEN.— This is a commendation of the sound part of the church, that there is no new exhortation or charge to be given them; no new advice, but to persevere as usual. S...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 7 Text Revelation 2:18-29 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are l...
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. YOU ... AN...
__ 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...
2:24 who (a-19) 'Such as.' known (b-22) See Note, ver. 23....
TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA Christ speaks in His majesty as Son of God (Revelation 2:18). The Church is praised for its increase in love and faith and the service of others, and its patience under trial...
AND UNTO THE REST] RV 'to the rest.' DOCTRINE] RV 'teaching.' DEPTHS] RV 'deep things.' SPEAK] RV 'say'; i.e. these misguided Christians called their philosophical arguments 'deep things of God' (cp....
THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22) Since 'seven' is the perfect number, the 'seven churches' represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same time, t...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE 7 *CHURCHES - REVELATION 2:1-3 TO THE *CHURCH IN EPHESUS - REVELATION 2:1-7...
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY (omit “and unto”) the rest, &c. THE DEPTHS. — Or, _the deep things._ These teachers, as was the case with the Gnostics, professed to have a deeper insight into mysteries, the deep t...
CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He th...
To know “the depths” of the divine being and counsel was a characteristic claim of the Ophites and the later Gnostics; _cf._ Iren. _adv. Haer._ ii. 22, 1 (qui profunda bythi adinuenisse se dicunt; _cf...
The longest message of the seven is to a church in the least important of the cities (judged from the historical standpoint) Thyatira, a township of Northern Lydia, the holy city of Apollo Tyrimnaios,...
“HOLD FAST TILL I COME” Revelation 2:18 Note that Jesus does not hesitate to appropriate the sublime title- _the Son of God_. His eyes penetrate profoundest secrets, and His advent leaves a trail of...
The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily ar...
TO THE CORRUPTED CHURCH Forty miles southeast of Pergamum was the city of Thyatira. The city was famous for its purple dye, which Lydia sold (Acts 16:11-15). It was the home of numerous trade guilds,...
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the (l) depths of Satan, as they speak; I will (m) put upon you none other burden. (l) H...
To the Angel of the church of Thyatira. Here is first a commendation of their constancy in the faith, in good works, charity, patience, and ministry, which chiefly regards their bishop, whoever he was...
(18) And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; (19) I know thy works, and ch...
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 Church in Thyatira A liar is hard not to believe when he says nice things about you. (So it is when people speak of the Lord, even if it is lies) It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard...
The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to have its whole existence and place before God as light-bearer in the world set aside; secondly, that God will do...
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, AND UNTO THE REST IN THYATIRA,.... The copulative and is left out in the Alexandrian copy and Complutensian edition, and if retained, it may be rendered thus, "even unto the rest";...
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. Ver. 24. _But...
_But unto you I say_, who _have not this doctrine_ Of Jezebel; _and to the rest_ Who have kept themselves from being led astray by these delusions; _and have not known_ O happy ignorance! _the depths...
THE DEPTHS OF SATAN, AS THEY SPEAK; this Jezebel and her followers were in the habit of speaking of the depths of knowledge which they possessed; but the apostle calls them the depths of Satan....
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, AND UNTO THE REST IN THYATIRA, AS MANY AS HAVE NOT THIS DOCTRINE, AND WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN THE DEPTHS OF SATAN, AS THEY SPEAK: I WILL PUT UPON YOU NONE OTHER BURDEN....
An admonition and a warning to the congregation at Thyatira:...
THE ADDRESS TO EPHESUS (vv. 1-7) Each local assembly is addressed on the basis of its responsibility as a testimony for God. Each of these assemblies actually existed and were functioning as assembl...
THYATIRA (VERSES 18-29) The City Of the seven letters, the letter to Thyatira is the longest. The city was known for manufacturing and marketing. Here every trade (silversmiths, candle makers, carpen...
18-29 Even when the Lord knows the works of his people to be wrought in love, faith, zeal, and patience; yet if his eyes, which are as a flame of fire, observe them committing or allowing what is evi...
BUT UNTO YOU I SAY; you that are the ministers, for they are distinguished from the rest in Thyatira. The word again is plural, which lets us know these epistles were directed to no single persons. AN...
Revelation 2:24 Now G1161 you G5213 say G3004 (G5719) and G2532 rest G3062 in G1722 Thyatira G2363 as...
‘And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches the reins and hearts, and I will give to each of you in accordance with your works. But to you I say, to the rest of you in Thyatira, as...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDITORS AND THE POOR (EXODUS 22:25). In both examples the creditor is to show compassion to the debtor. The examples are too few for a chiasmus. Exodus 22:25 “If you lend mo...
Revelation 2:24. BUT UNTO YOU I SAY, THE REST THAT ARE IN THYATIRA. The apostle turns from the church at large to that smaller section of it which had resisted the influences of the false teachers sym...
TO YOU THE REST (υμιν τοις λοιποις). Dative case. Those who hold out against Jezebel, not necessarily a minority (Revelation 9:20; Revelation 19:21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13).AS MANY AS...
CONTENTS: Message to Ephesus concerning things «which are.» Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concer...
_Epistle the first._ Revelation 2:1. _The angel of the church of Ephesus,_ or the messenger of Christ; for the apostles, and apostolic men, while they remained in any church, were always regarded as t...
BUT THE REST of YOU. Some were faithful and had not followed the false way of Jezebel. ANY OTHER BURDEN. Only to avoid the sins of the faction. [Compare Acts 15:28-29.]...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:18 _Thyatira_ is praised for its growing love but is criticized for its lack of discernment and for allowing false teaching. The city was a commercial center. Its main...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:24 THE DEEP THINGS OF SATAN. Deceptive promises of secret spiritual knowledge through false religions. ⇐
4. THYATIRA. Vs. 18-29. Thyatira, the home of Lydia, Paul's first convert in Europe, still exists as a small city of perhaps twenty thousand inhabitants. It is supposed by some that Lydia may have car...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:18. THYATIRA.—Situated between Pergamos and Sardis. Inscriptions show that it contained many corporate guilds, one being that of the dyers. Apollo was spec...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _The epistles to the seven Churches. _Once more we have to consider rival interpretations. Of these we may safely set aside all those which make the seven letters to be pict...
4. THYATIRA: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE SATANIC RELIGION OF BABYLON Background: Thyatira was an important military city founded by Alexander three hundred years before Christ. Thyati...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 2:1); So the desc...
2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:9;...
THE CHURCHES AT PERGAMOS AND THYATIRA Revelation 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish, by way of introduction, to set before you the various seven statements which occur in the Letters to the seven Chur...
But I say to you who do not hold this doctrine — Of Jezebel. Who have not known the depths of Satan — O happy ignorance! As they speak — That were continually boasting of the deep things which they ta...
Here Christ returns to his counsel and charge given to the church at Thyatira, UNTO YOU. SAY: that is, to you the angel, the governors and pastors, and to all the members of the church;. say unto you...