REVELATION—NOTE ON Revelation 3:7 Philadelphia is praised for enduring in faith. In recognition for the aid after an earthquake in A.D. 17, the city was briefly renamed Neocaesarea (“Caesar’s New City”). Jesus promises his suffering church an infinitely greater name, “the city of my God, the new Jerusalem” (v. Revelation 3:12). Philadelphia lies near a fertile valley known for growing wine grapes.

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