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Verse Revelation 3:17. _I AM RICH_] Thou supposest thyself to be in a
safe state, perfectly sure of final salvation, because thou hast begun
well, and laid the right foundation. It was this most decei...
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BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH - So far as the language here is
concerned, this may refer either to riches literally, or to spiritual
riches; that is, to a boast of having religion enough. Prof. Stuar...
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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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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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THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA. Laodicea was 40 miles SE. of
Philadelphia and near Colossæ. It was famous for its wealth, and when
it was overthrown by an earthquake in A.D. 60, it disdained to...
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_Laodicea_ is last named. The city was situated about twenty miles
from Ephesus, and near Colosse. The church was honored with an epistle
from the apostle Paul. See Colossians 4:17. Still, it had fall...
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THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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And to the angel of the Church in Laodicea, write:
These things says the Amen, the witness on whom you can rely and who
is true, the moving cause of the creation of God. I know your works; I
know that...
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NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis._
KNOWEST. App-132.
WRETCHED. the wretched one. See Romans 7:24, and compare Hosea 2:11;
Hosea 5:15.
POOR. App-127....
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_I am rich, and increased with goods_ The words in the original are
cognate, as it were, "I am rich, and have gotten riches." If there be
any distinction of sense between them, the second expresses pr...
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ΟΥ̓ΔΈΝ. With AC; Text. Rec[138] reads οὐδενὸς with
אB2P 1.
[138] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
17. ὍΤΙ ΛΈΓΕΙΣ. The construction here ὄτι λέγεις
… καὶ οὐκ οἶδας … συμβουλεύω σοι … is...
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THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA...
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_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA REVELATION 3:14-17:_ Laodicea was a
wealthy city where many Jews lived. It was a city filled with wealth
and pride. Jesus described Himself to these brethren as "the...
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ΛΈΓΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)
говорить, претендовать,
ΌΤ (G3754) используется после гл. ΛΈΓΕΙΣ
для ввода прямой речи, как эквивалент
границ цитаты,
ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΣ (G4145) богатый. О бедности и...
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DISCOURSE: 2502
EPISTLE TO LAODICEA
Revelation 3:17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor...
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BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH, &C.— This _angel,_ or his church, is
quite the reverse of the _angel_ of Smyrna: ch. Revelation 2:9. Here
is a beautiful gradation in the words before us. It is somethi...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 10
Text Revelation 3:14-22
14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of...
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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have
need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
A lukewarm state generates...
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THE PROPHETIC SECTION
10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and
distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3;
Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
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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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TO THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA Christ speaks as He through whom alone comes
true life with its riches and blessings (Revelation 3:14). The Church
is blamed for luke warmness, self-satisfaction and worldlin...
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Cp. Hosea 12:8; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; James 2:1....
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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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I AM RICH. — The verse means, more literally, _Because thou sayest,
I am rich, and have grown rich, and in nothing have need, and knowest
not that thou art the wretched_ (such is the emphasis) _one, a...
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The message for Laodicea, where a church existed by 60 A.D.
(Colossians 4:16)....
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Priding herself not merely on the fact but (as is implied) on the
means by which it had been secured (_viz._, personal skill, merit) and
finally on the independent self-reliant position thus attained:...
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“I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK”
Revelation 3:14
It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that
God's love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result,
while if we...
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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 LUKEWARM CHURCH
Verse 14 Laodicea was 40 miles southeast of Philadelphia. It was in a
fertile valley at the junction of several major trade routes. It was a
wealthy city famous for much gold, b...
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The seventh and last letter is to the Angel of the Church of Laodicia.
Christ here takes the title of the Amen, [3] as if he said, I am the
Truth. --- The beginning of the creation, or of the creature...
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(14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These
things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of
the creation of God; (15) I know thy works, that thou art ne...
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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 Laodicea
A man visited his optometrist to have his glasses checked. "They just
aren't strong enough," he told the doctor. "Don't you have something
stronger?" "Yes," asid the optometris...
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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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BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH,.... In worldly goods, which occasioned
her lukewarmness, as riches often do, and her vanity, pride, and
arrogance, afterwards expressed. Laodicea was a very rich city,...
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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have
need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Ver. 17. _Because thou sayes...
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_Because thou sayest, I am rich_ In gifts and grace, as well as
worldly goods; _and increased with goods_ Greek, και
πεπλουτηκα, literally, _And have enriched myself_, by my own
wisdom and virtue; _an...
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I AM RICH; have knowledge and religion enough.
WRETCHED; on account of their ignorance of their wants and their
indifference to religion....
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The letter to the congregation at Laodicea:...
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BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH, AND INCREASED WITH GOODS, AND HAVE
NEED OF NOTHING, AND KNOWEST NOT THAT THOU ART WRETCHED, AND
MISERABLE, AND POOR, AND BLIND, AND NAKED....
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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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LAODICEA (VERSES 14-22)
The City
Laodicea was a city of great wealth, richest in the region of Phrygia.
It is located in the Meander Valley on the Lycus River. It had existed
since the third century...
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14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia.
Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and
unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth...
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BECAUSE THOU SAYEST, I AM RICH: it was said before, that one reason
why the condition of a formalist is worse than that of an atheist, or
more openly profane person, is, because the former is ordinari...
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Tertullian On Repentance
upbraids the Laodiceans for trusting to their riches;[75]
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest
be ri...
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Revelation 3:17 Because G3754 say G3004 (G5719) G3754 am G1510 (G5748)
rich G4145 G2532 wealthy...
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‘Because you say I am rich, and have amassed wealth, and have need
of nothing, and do not know that you are a wretch, a thing of misery,
and poor and blind and naked.'
‘Wretched' and ‘miserable' both...
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Revelation 3:17. This verse is sometimes connected with the preceding,
as giving a further statement of the reason why the Lord would deal
with the church at Laodicea according to His threatening. But...
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I AM RICH
(οτ πλουσιος ειμ). Recitative οτ like quotation marks
before direct quotation. Old adjective from πλουτος, riches,
wealth. Laodicea was a wealthy city and the church "carried the pride
of...
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Revelation 3:17
Two Kinds of Sight.
I. It is the striking contrast in these words to which I would draw
your attention, the wonderful difference between the real state and
the fancied state, and more...
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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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I AM RICH AND WELL OFF. They had lots of money and a very high
standard of living. But they had mistakenly substituted this for
spiritual wealth. [They were a success by the world's standards.] YOU
AR...
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_The Laodiceans._
LAODICEA--THE SELF-COMPLACENT CHURCH
Laodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the
condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching
lesson. Lukew...
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_Knowest not that thou art wretched._
A GREAT MISTAKE, AND THE WAY TO RECTIFY IT
These Laodicean people were unhappily in such a state that you could
not get at them. They were not so poor that they...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:17 The Laodiceans were spiritually
blind, bankrupt, and naked. They had no resources to BUY from Jesus
GOLD or GARMENTS or...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:14 _Laodicea_ is criticized for its
spiritual immaturity. The city was a commercial center. It had
thriving medical and textile industries. It was so wealthy that it
de...
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7. LAODICEA.
Vs. 14-22. Laodicea receives no commendation. She is not hopeless, but
indifferent. However indifference is next to hopelessness.
The city of Laodicea, named for Laodice wife of the Sele...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Revelation 3:14. LAODICEANS.—The city of Laodicea was situated on
the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was
possibly the angel of this Church,...
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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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7. LAODICEA: THE MATERIALLY RICH APOSTATE CHURCH
Background: The city was founded before 1000 BC but the city was named
Laodicea in 250 BC. The physical location of the city was about 40
miles east of...
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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 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Peter 1:9; Deuteronomy 8:12; Exodus 32:35;...
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Because thou sayest. Connect, as A. V. and Rev., with what follows,
not with what precedes. Some interpret I will spue thee out of my
mouth because thou sayest, etc.
Increased with goods [π ε π λ ο υ...
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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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Because thou sayest — Therefore "I counsel thee," &c. I am rich —
In gifts and grace, as well as worldly goods. And knowest not that
thou art — In God's account, wretched and pitiable....
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Observe here, 1. This church's partial opinion of herself, her vanity
and vain-glorious ostentation, accompanied with self-esteem: SHE SAID
SHE HAD NEED OF NOTHING.
Observe, 2. That this boasting and...