Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Revelation 3:2

ἔμελλον�. B2 reads ἤμελλες�.

εὕρηκα. B2 reads εὕρηκαν.

2. γίνου γρηγορῶν. Lit. “become watching,” “awake and watch.”

τὰ λοιπά. The elements of goodness, or means of goodness, which thou hast not yet lost. Cf. Revelation 2:6, and the first note there.

ἅ ἔμελλον, i.e. which would have died but for the strengthening of them. We may perhaps say, that it seems to be taken for granted that the warning, sharp as it is, will be effectual.

εὕρηκα. One MS. has the suggestive reading εὔρηκαν (cf. Revelation 16:15 for the plural without a definite subject). Ⲛ after ⲁ is a common clerical error, but here and at Revelation 21:6 it is possible that the addition may best preserve the original text.

ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου. The Church had a name of being alive before men: its works therefore may have come up to their standard.

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