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Revelation 2:19
I know what you do. They had. done the opposite of the church at Ephesus. They had continued to grow stronger in their "first love," and showed this in the way they helped the poor.
I know what you do. They had. done the opposite of the church at Ephesus. They had continued to grow stronger in their "first love," and showed this in the way they helped the poor.
Verse Revelation 2:19. _I KNOW THY WORKS_] And of these he first sets forth their _charity_, τηναγαπην, their _love_ to God and each other; and particularly to the _poor_ and _distressed_: and hence...
I KNOW THY WORKS - See the notes on Revelation 2:2. He knew all they had done, good and bad. AND CHARITY - Love; love to God, and love to man. There is no reason for restricting this word here to the...
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. These "ands" form the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. CHARITY. love, as Revelation 2:4. SERVICE. App-190. FAITH. App-150....
_and thy works; and the last to be more_ Read, AND THY LAST WORKS TO BE MORE in contrast with Ephesus, Revelation 2:4....
ΤᾺ ἜΡΓΑ ΣΟΥ ΤᾺ ἜΣΧΑΤΑ ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑ ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΡΏΤΩΝ. In contrast to Ephesus Revelation 2:4. These words shew that the Church of Thyatira had already existed for some time. Yet it was made an objection to the bo...
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...
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ (G1248) служение, ΎΠΟΜΟΝΉ (G5281) долготерпение, терпение и вынос ливость (TLNT; TDNT). ΠΛΕΊΟΝΑ _сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) великий, много; _сотр._, больше, чем. ΠΡΏΤΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΠΡΏΤΟΣ ...
DISCOURSE: 2491 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:19. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. Notwithstanding I h...
DISCOURSE: 2490 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:18. _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...
I KNOW THY WORKS, &C.— "I know and approve thy works of piety, which are many, and which, I am well apprised, are the effects of ardent love to me; and I am well-acquainted with the service thou art p...
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...
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. A B C, Vulgate, transpose, and read, 'faith and service.' The four ar...
__ 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...
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...
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...
CHARITY] RV 'love.' SERVICE] RV 'ministry,' i.e. towards men: cp. Mark 10:43. AND THY WORKS; AND, etc.] RV 'and that thy last works are more than the first,' i.e. the Church was even more faithful an...
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...
THY WORKS, AND CHARITY. — In the words of commendation we find two pairs. We have the Christian community commended for charity and service, the outward ministrations which manifest the inner principl...
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...
Instead of being retrograde like Ephesus, Thyatira has steadily progressed in _the works_ of Christianity. The sole flaw noted (see Ramsay's discussions in _D. B._ iv. 758 f., _Seven Letters_, 338 f.)...
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,...
I know (19) thy works, and charity, and (i) service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the first. (19) The note of praise is in this verse, and in (Revelation...
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...
I KNOW THY WORKS,.... Good works, as appears from the particular enumeration of them afterwards, and the commendation of proficiency in them, the last being more than the first, and the distinction fr...
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last _to be_ more than the first. Ver. 19. _The last to be more_] This is not every man's happiness. _S...
_I know thy works_ Of piety and mercy; _and charity_ Or _love_, rather. How different a character is this from that of the angel of the church at Ephesus! The latter could _not bear the wicked_, and _...
LAST-MORE THAN THE FIRST; instead of declining, they had increased in good works....
I KNOW THY WORKS, AND CHARITY, AND SERVICE, AND FAITH, AND THY PATIENCE, AND THY WORKS; AND THE LAST TO BE MORE THAN THE FIRST....
Praise and reprimand for 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...
I KNOW THY WORKS; the works of the ministry of this church were such as Christ knew, not only with a knowledge of comprehension, but approbation also. AND CHARITY; such were his charity to Christians...
Revelation 2:19 know G1492 (G5758) your G4675 works G2041 G2532 love G26 G2532 service G1248...
‘I know your works and your love and faith and ministry and patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.' This is as high a commendation as any church receives. The pure among...
MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based...
Revelation 2:19. The words I KNOW THY WORKS, which had been omitted from the second and third Epistles, are resumed in the fourth, and they meet us in each of the four Epistles of the second group. Th...
THY WORKS (σου τα εργα). As in Revelation 2:2 and explained (explanatory use of κα =namely) by what follows. Four items are given, with separate feminine article for each (την αγαπην, την πιστιν, τη...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:1 Revelation 2:1 consists of seven “letters” or royal edicts. Each follows a pattern: (1) The royal author describes himself in terms from ch....
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 2:19 Thyatira’s strengths and weaknesses are the opposite of those at Ephesus. This church is strong in LOVE evidenced in WORKS, but it lacks discernment and tolerates fa...
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...
1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; 1 Timothy 1:5;...
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...
I know thy love — How different a character is this from that of the angel of the church at Ephesus! The latter could not bear the wicked, and hated the works of the Nicolaitans; but had left his firs...