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Verse Revelation 3:9. _I WILL MAKE THEM_] Show them to be, _of the
synagogue of_ _Satan, who say they are Jews_, pretending thereby to be
of the synagogue of GOD, and consequently his true and peculia...
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BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE - Greek, “I give” - δίδωμι didōmi;
that is, I will arrange matters so that this shall occur. The word
implies that he had power to do this, and consequently proves that he
has po...
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CHAPTER 3
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
_ 1. Sardis: The reformation period (Revelation 3:1)_
2. Philadelphia: The faithful remnant (Revelation 3:7)
3. Laodicea: The indifferent and apostate Churc...
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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia was about 30
miles SE. of Sardis. Like Sardis it was subject to frequent
earthquakes, and consequently never attained any great size. The
conditi...
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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...
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_PHILADELPHIA_ STOOD ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM SARDIS AND WAS THE SECOND
CITY IN IMPORTANCE IN THE PROVINCE OF LYDIA. IT IS FIRST MENTIONED IN
REVELATION, AND THE PRAISES BESTOWED UPON THE CHURCH SHOW T...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia, write:
These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key
of David, he who opens and no man will shut, and shuts and no man
opens. I k...
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WILL MAKE. give.
SYNAGOGUE, &C. See Revelation 2:9.
SATAN. App-19, and See Revelation 2:9.
JEWS. See Revelation 2:9.
MAKE. i.e. compel.
WORSHIP. Greek. pr
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_I will make them of_&c. Literally, I GIVE OF THE &c. The use of
"give" in this verse is frequent in Hebrew: here the sentence is
unfinished, and is resumed by "I will make them come" &c. below.
_the...
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THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
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ΓΝΩ͂ΣΙΝ. א Primas[133] read γνώσῃ.
[133] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.
9. ΔΙΔΩ͂. The use of “give” in this verse is frequent in
Hebrew: (cp. LXX. of Isaiah 60:17 δώσω τοὺς ἄρχοντάς
σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13:_ Philadelphia
means brotherly love. The purpose of the city of Philadelphia was to
spread the Greek language and the Greek way of life. This wa...
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DISCOURSE: 2499
EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA
Revelation 3:8. I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an
open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength,
and hast kept my word, a...
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MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN;— See ch. Revelation 2:9. Here
we have the Jews mentioned again, who, through hatred to Christ, moved
the Heathens to persecute the Christians; and it is likely tha...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 9
Text Revelation 3:7-13
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the
key of David, he that o...
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Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come
and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee....
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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...
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3:9 know (e-38) See Note, ch. 2.23. make (g-3) Lit. 'give' or 'have
given' (ver. 8) and 'give' (ver. 9). homage (h-32) _ Proskuneo_ , see
Matthew 4:10 . This is the word translated 'do homage' or 'wor...
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I WILL MAKE] RV 'I give.'
SYNAGOGUE] see on Revelation 2:9. Evidently, here, Jews proud of their
national privileges, and powerful in numbers and in wealth. No doubt
they despised the Jewish Christia...
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TO THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA Christ speaks as He by whom alone comes
entrance into the Church, the spiritual house of God (Revelation 3:7).
The Church is praised for its faithfulness in persecution....
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THE EPISTLES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (CONCLUDED)
1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit
and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its
life is witho...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
TO THE *CHURCH IN SARDIS - REVELATION 3:1-6
V1 ‘Write to the *angel of the *church in Sardis. I hold the 7
spirits of God and the...
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BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE. — Better, _Behold, I give some._ There is no
word to express this in the original, but as a word must be supplied
to complete the sense, it is better to adopt “some” than the
“the...
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The message to Philadelphia....
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διδῶ ἐκ (partit. gen., the construction being dropped and
resumed in a rather harsh anacolouthon, ἵνα κ. τ. λ.). The
absence of ἐκ before λεγ. does not prevent it from being
interpreted as in appositi...
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LET NO ONE TAKE THY CROWN
Revelation 3:7
For those who have but a little strength, the Lord sets open a wide
door. You may not be able to open the door, but you can enter it in
His Name. Once He open...
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The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the
Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things
remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is
lar...
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TO THE ENDURING CHURCH
Verse 7 Twenty-eight miles southeast of Sardis was the town of
Philadelphia. It was located in a very fertile but dangerously
volcanic area. The city was founded by Attalus II w...
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Behold, I will make them (f) of the synagogue of Satan, which say they
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come
(8) and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have love...
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To the Angel of the church of Philadelphia. There were several towns
of this name; here is understood that which was near Sardis, in Lydia.
Here is no more than an admonition to persevere, to hold tha...
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(7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no...
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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...
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The Church in Philadelphia
I. INTRODUCTION
A. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one
another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this
all will know that...
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There is no threat of removing the candlestick: that was settled.
Judgment, setting aside the assembly, was fixed. But this body would
be treated as the world, not ecclesiastically as a corrupt assemb...
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BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN,.... Which may be
understood either of the Papists, the followers of the man of sin,
whose coming was after the working of Satan, and whose doctrines...
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Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and
worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee....
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_Behold, I_ Who have all power, and when I exert it they must then
comply; _will make them_ Who are indeed _of the synagogue of Satan_
And under all the solemn guise of religious worship are carrying...
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SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN-SAY THEY ARE JEWS; see note to chap Revelation 2:9.
WORSHIP BEFORE THY FEET; humble themselves before thee. God can at any
time humble the most bitter persecutors of his people, an...
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BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN WHICH SAY THEY ARE
JEWS AND ARE NOT, BUT DO LIE, BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM TO COME AND
WORSHIP BEFORE THY FEET, AND TO KNOW THAT I HAVE LOVED THEE....
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The letter to the congregation at Philadelphia:...
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THE ASSEMBLY AT SARDIS
(vv. 1-6)
The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character,
for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a
revulsion from it. Sardis mean...
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PHILADELPHIA (VERSES 7-13)
The City
Philadelphia was founded in 140 BC by the king of Pergamos. The name,
Philadelphia, means “brotherly love.” It was a center of Greek
culture, learning, and langua...
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7-13 The same Lord Jesus has the key of government and authority in
and over the church. He opens a door of opportunity to his churches;
he opens a door of utterance to his ministers; he opens a door...
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THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN; so he calleth all Jews that opposed
Christianity, or all pretended but not real professors. WHICH SAY THEY
ARE JEWS, AND ARE NOT, BUT DO LIE: _For he is not a Jew, whic...
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Revelation 3:9 Indeed G2400 (G5628) make G1325 (G5719) of G1537
synagogue G4864 Satan G4567 who G3588 say...
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‘Behold I give to you those of the synagogue of Satan, of those who
say they are Jews but are not and do lie, behold, I will make them to
come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have lov...
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Revelation 3:9. The two parts of this verse each beginning with
‘Behold' must be taken together, for the second ‘behold' is the
repetition of the first. Those referred to are described as in chap.
Rev...
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I GIVE
(διδω). Late omega form for διδωμ, but the -μ form in
Revelation 17:13 (διδοασιν). These Jewish converts are a gift
from Christ. For this use of διδωμ see Acts 2:27; Acts 10:40;...
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CONTENTS: Message to Sardis concerning their hypocrisy. Message to
Philadelphia on hollow profession. Message to Laodicea on apostasy.
Christ's attitude to the Church in its final stage in the world....
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_Epistle the fifth._
Revelation 3:1. _Sardis,_ once a flourishing city, the residence of
ancient kings, now a miserable village, having but few christians.
This is not the Sardis, capital of Lydia, wh...
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LISTEN! AS FOR THAT GROUP. Bitter opposition from those who claim to
be Jews. (_See note on_ Revelation 2:9_.)_ I WILL MAKE THEM COME.
Victory over the opposition. Also, some of these who fight agains...
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_Philadelphia._
PHILADELPHIA--THE PATIENT CHURCH
Philadelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the
exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the
perfection of p...
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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
Ci...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:9 Members of THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN
(compare Revelation 2:9) SAY THAT THEY ARE JEWS but they serve Go
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6. PHILADELPHIA.
Vs. 7-13. Here is a church on which Christ bestows unmixed praise. She
had "little strength"; few in numbers and poor in resources. The
vicissitudes of the city, because of earthquake...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:7. PHILADELPHIA.—Situated at the foot of Mount Tmolus,
and named after Attalus Philadelphus, King of Pergamos. It was a
centre of the wine trade. HOLY AND...
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EXPOSITION
REVELATION 3:1
_The epistle to the Church at Sardis. _This Church is one of the two
which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no
blame; Sardis and Laodicea receive no...
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6. PHILADELPHIA: THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE
Background: Philadelphia was the youngest city of the seven
mentioned in the letters. The city was established in 189 BC and was
named after two brothers...
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis (Protestant Reformation)
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God
(Revelation 3:1),
And so the fullness of the Spirit as it dwelt in...
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1 Samuel 2:36; Acts 16:37; Esther 8:17; Exodus 11:8; Exodus 12:30;...
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I will make [δ ι δ ω μ ι]. Rev., rightly, I give. See on verse
8. The sense is broken off there and resumed here.
Of the synagogue [ε κ τ η ς σ υ ν α γ ω γ η ς]. Certain
ones of the synagogue. Most in...
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THE CHURCHES AT SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA, AND LAODICEA
Revelation 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at
Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven...
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Behold, I — who have all power; and they must then comply. I will
make them come and bow down before thy feet — Pay thee the lowest
homage. And know — At length, that all depends on my love, and that...