Verse Revelation 2:17. _THE HIDDEN MANNA_] It was a constant tradition of the Jews that the ark of the covenant, the tables of stone, Aaron's rod, the holy anointing oil, and the pot of manna, were _...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR ... - notes on Revelation 2:7. TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH - notes on Revelation 2:7. WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA - The true spiritual food; the food that nourishes the s
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...
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 PERGAMUM. Revelation 2:12. Pergamum was a town of great importance about 50 miles NE. of Smyrna. It was one of the most renowned centres of paganism in Asia, and possessed...
THE CITY OF _PERGAMOS_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM THE SEA, AND WAS ONCE CAPITAL OF. KINGDOM BY THE SAME NAME. IT STILL EXISTS, IS CALLED BERGAMOS, AND HAS. POPULATION OF ABOUT 14,000, OF WHOM 3,300...
And to the angel of the Church in Pergamum, write: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword. I know where your home is. I know that it is where the throne of Satan is; and yet you hold f...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
TO EAT OF. The texts omit. HIDDEN. Greek. _krupto,_ as in Colossians 3:3. MANNA. See John 6:58. Compare Exodus 16:14; Exodu
_give to eat_ He shall receive the Bread of God (St John 6:32 sqq.) instead of communicating at the table of devils (1 Corinthians 10:21). _the hidden manna_ The reference is to the pot of manna kept...
THE CHURCH IN PEROAMUM...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΜΆΝΝΑ. א reads ἐκ τοῦ μάννα; Primas[99] _de manna_; P 1 Text. Rec[100] prefix φαγεῖν�; P substitutes ξύλου (cf. sup. 7) for μάννα. [99] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [100] Rec. Textus Recept...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN PERGAMOS REVELATION 2:12-17:_ Pergamos was a noted Roman city. It was a center for culture and education. It had one of the great libraries of the ancient world. Jesus describ...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΚΟΥΣΆΤΩ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΛΈΓΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΝΙΚΏΝΤΙΤ _praes. act. part. от_ ΝΙΚΆΩ (G3528) п...
DISCOURSE: 2489 EPISTLE TO PERGAMOS Revelation 2:17. _He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and wil...
WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA,— Hereby the reward of him that conquers in the combat for Christ is described. As Balaam went on in his error through the greediness of gain, so here Christ pro...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 6 Text Revelation 2:12-17 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword: 13 I know where thou dwellest, eve...
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name...
__ The Prophetic Section 20 The vision is figurative. The explanation is literal. _ It must not be further "explained_ ". The seven stars are seven messengers. The seven lamp stands are seven eccles...
TO EAT] RV omits. HIDDEN MANNA] cp. Exodus 16:33; Hebrews 9:4; Jewish tradition held that the ark and its contents, including the pot of manna, were hidden by Jeremiah, and that they would be restored...
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...
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH. — The promise should run thus: — _To him that conquereth will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name graven, which no man...
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...
The reward for those who deny themselves pagan pleasures in this world is (as in Revelation 2:26) participation in the privileges (_Pereq Meir_ 5), reserved for God's people in the latter days (here =...
The message to Pergamos, the Benares or Lourdes of the province....
BEWARE OF EVIL TEACHERS Revelation 2:12 Notice the Lord's commendation of the church at Pergamos (from which we get our word _parchment_). He recognizes their peculiar dangers and their difficulties-...
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 COMPROMISING CHURCH Pergamos was the capital of the province of Asia. It was built on a large conical hill overlooking a broad fertile valley 30 miles north of Smyrna and 15 miles inland from t...
(14) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat (15) of the hidden (g) manna, and will give him a (h) (16) white stone, and in...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Calculum candidum, _Greek: psephon leuken. See Acts xxvi. 10._...
To the Angel of the Church of Pergamus. -- This Church is exhorted to do penance, and reprehended, as the seat or throne of Satan. It is only said, that the bishop lives where this satanical seat is,...
(12) And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; (13) I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and...
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 NEW NAME_ ‘I … will give him a … new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.’ Revelation 2:17 Rightly to understand this passage, we may with advantage go back to the b...
The Church in Pergamos I. INTRODUCTION A. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself...
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...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR,.... Revelation 2:7. TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH; the Balaamites and Nicolaitans, and do not give in to the doctrines and practices of the one, or of the other, whatever...
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w...
_Repent_, therefore, of these irregularities; _or else I will come unto thee quickly_ In the way of chastisement; _and will fight against them_ Those corrupt members; _with the sword of my mouth_ With...
THE HIDDEN MANNA; the true spiritual manna laid up in heaven for Christ's faithful servants; alluding to the literal manna that was laid up before the Lord in holy of holies. Exodus 16:32-34. A WHITE...
The letter to the congregation at Pergamos:...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES: TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA, AND WILL GIVE HIM A WHITE STONE, AND IN THE STONE A NEW NAME WR...
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...
PERGAMOS (VERSES 12-17) The City Pergamos was a city high in the mountains. It was located at 1,000 feet elevation. It was another city with a large population, around 200,000 and the world’s second...
12-17 The word of God is a sword, able to slay both sin and sinners. It turns and cuts every way; but the believer need not fear this sword; yet this confidence cannot be supported without steady obe...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES; _To him that overcometh:_ see the annotations on REVELATION 2:7. WILL I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA; here is a manifest a...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V But as the engrafted wild olive does not certainly lose the substance of its wood, but changes the quality of its fruit, and receives another name, being now not a wi...
Revelation 2:17 has G2192 (G5723) ear G3775 hear G191 (G5657) what G5101 Spirit G4151 says G3004 ...
‘He who has an ear to hear, let him hear, what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new...
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 2:17. The promise contained in this verse has always occasioned much difficulty to interpreters. It consists of three parts: (1) TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH, TO HIM WILL I GIVE OF THE HIDDEN MAN...
OF THE HIDDEN MANNA (του μαννα του κεκρυμμενου). "Of the manna the hidden" (perfect passive articular participle of κρυπτω). The partitive genitive, the only N.T. example with διδωμ, though Q reads...
A WHITE STONE Signifies approval....
Revelation 2:17 The New Name. I. The new name is Christ's and ours. It is His first; it becomes ours by communication from Him. (1) It includes revelation: "I will give him a new name" a deeper, a mo...
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...
IF YOU HAVE EARS. Listen! HIDDEN MANNA. The bread of life is Jesus Christ - hidden from the world. A WHITE STONE. The symbol of being pronounced "not guilty." It implies victory over sin and the Devil...
3. PERGAMOS. Vs. 12-17. The church at Pergamos had "held fast my name and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr who was slain among you." The deluge of fi...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:12. SHARP SWORD.—Suggesting unusual severity of asserting, and unusual severity of dealing (see Revelation 1:16; also Ephesians 6:17). “On the one hand, it...
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...
3. PERGAMOS: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE WORLD SYSTEM *Background: Pergamos was the great religious center of the area. ZEUS WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BORN THERE. The great altar of Ze...
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 2:14; Colossians 3:3; Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:13;...
To eat. Omit. Of the hidden manna [τ ο υ μ α ν ν α τ ο υ κ ε κ ρ υ μ μ ε ν ο υ]. The allusion may be partly to the pot of manna which was laid up in the ark in the sanctuary. See Exodus 16:32-34; comp...
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...
To him that overcometh — And eateth not of those sacrifices. Will I give of the hidden manna — Described, John vi. The new name answers to this: it is now "hid with Christ in God." The Jewish manna wa...