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Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.
Verse Revelation 3:4. _THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS_] A few _persons,_ _names_ being put for those who bore them. And as the members of the Church were all _enrolled_, or their names entered...
THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS - See the analysis of the chapter. The word “names” here is equivalent to “persons”; and the idea is, that even in a place so depraved, and where religion had so m...
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...
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 SARDIS. Sardis was a little more than 30 miles SE. of Thyatira: formerly a city of great importance, at this time it had become a town of the second rank. It had been destr...
_Sardis_ was the capital of the great ancient kingdom of Lydia, which was overthrown by the Persian Cyrus. It was the residence of the rich King Croesus, whose name has passed into. proverb. Of the hi...
THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
And to the angel of the Church in Sardis, write: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; I know that you have a reputation for life, but that you...
THOU. The texts read "But thou". EVEN. The texts omit. HAVE, &C.. defiled not. DEFILED. Greek. _moluno._ Only here; Rev 14:4. 1 Corinthians 8:7. The noun Occurs only in 2 Corinthians 7:1. GARMENTS....
_Thou hast_ Read, BUT THOU HAST, and omit EVEN. _a few names_ Some understand, from the similar use of the word "names" in Acts 1:15, that at this time it was usual for every Church to keep a register...
ὈΛΊΓΑ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΑ. Some understand, from the similar use of the word “names” in Acts 1:15, that at this time it was usual for every Church to keep a register of all its members. 1 Timothy 5:9 seems certai...
Revelation 3:1-6. THE CHURCH IN SARDIS...
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS REVELATION 3:1-6:_ Sardis was a wealthy city that had started to decline in the days of John. It was situated at the junction of several trade routes. It was a place of...
ΈΧΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΈΜΌΛΥΝΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΜΟΛΎΝΩ (G3435) марать. По стилю напоминает надпись, обнаруженную в Малой Азии, которая гласит, что испачканная одежда позори...
DISCOURSE: 2497 EPISTLE TO SARDIS Revelation 3:4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcom...
THOU HAST A FEW NAMES— _Names_ are here used for the _persons_ called by them. This symbol therefore seems to allude to the _diptychs_ or _matricula_ used in the primitive church, in which were regist...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 8 Text Revelation 3:1-6 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, tha...
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 'Aleph (') A B C,Vulgate, prefix 'nevertheless' (notwithstandi...
__ 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 (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...
NAMES] i.e. persons: cp. Acts 1:15. HAVE NOT DEFILED] RV 'did not defile,' i.e. at some crisis of persecution, when most yielded: cp. Acts 7:14. WALK] i.e. spend their life. WHITE] the colour of victo...
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...
The best MSS. commence this verse with “But,” or “Nevertheless.” The case of the Sardian Church was bad, yet the loving eyes of the faithful witness would not ignore the good. There were a few who had...
ὀλ. ὀν. “quasi paucos nominatos, _i.e._, bonos qui nominatione digni sunt” (_cf._ the use of πρίσωπα = persons or individuals, in Clem. Rom. and Ignat.). ἐμόλ. (_cf. Fragment of Uncanonical Gospel, Ox...
The message to Sardis. The title of the speaker (drawn from Revelation 1:4; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:20), as general as in the similar letter to Ephesus, has no special bearing on the subsequent...
“ESTABLISH THE THINGS THAT REMAIN” Revelation 3:1 In other addresses to the churches our Lord began with commendation, but no such word is here. He is described in the fullness of His glorious nature...
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...
TO THE DEAD CHURCH On a plateau at the foot of Mount Timolous, in a fertile valley, at the intersection of several roads, stood the city of Sardis. It was 35 miles southeast of Thyatira. Three sides o...
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis (3) which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in (4) white: for they are (d) worthy. (3) That is, who have with all religion guarded thems...
To the Angel of the church of Sardis. He begins with a severe reprehension, thou hast the name of being alive, and thou art dead, which we may understand of the greatest part of them, and of being dea...
(1) And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art d...
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 Sardis The doldrums is a part of the ocean near the equator, with abounding calms, and light, timid winds. The weather is hot and extreemely dispiriting. The old sailing vessels, when c...
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...
THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS,.... The Alexandrian copy and others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, "but thou hast a few names", c. or "a few...
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. Ver. 4. _Thou hast a few names_] Though no thanks to the pastor,...
Revelation 3:4. "They shall walk with me in white, for they are _worthy_:" that is, they are _fit_, as we often use the word. The moon is a type of the revelation God made, and of the ordinances he in...
Yet _thou hast a few names_ That is, persons; _even in Sardis_ Corrupt and indolent as the general state of the place is; _who have not defiled their garments_ Who, notwithstanding the common corrupti...
NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; not embraced error or indulged in sin. IN WHITE; a state of purity and blessedness....
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...
SARDIS (VERSES 1-6) The City Sardis was one of the richest cities of the ancient world. It had a 2,000 year history. Sardis was built on Mount Timolus. 600 years before Christ, Sardis was the capita...
THOU HAST A FEW NAMES EVEN IN SARDIS, a few persons even in that polluted place, WHICH HAVE NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; who have kept their integrity and innocency. There is a garment of Christ's righ...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " "Why, then, sir," I said, "do all these trees bear fruit, and some of them fairer than the rest? "Listen," he said: "all who once suffered for the name of the Lor...
Revelation 3:4 have G2192 (G5719) few G3641 names G3686 even G2532 in G1722 Sardis G4554 who G3739 have...
‘But you have a few names (people) in Sardis who did not defile (spoil) their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.' Sardis was a centre for the manufacture and dyeing of...
Revelation 3:4. Sardis was not wholly given over to evil, and the Lord does not less mark and approve the good than condemn the evil that was in her. BUT THOU HAST A FEW NAMES IN SARDIS WHICH DID NOT...
The fifth church addressed is that of Sardis, one of the most famous of the seven cities to which these Epistles are sent, the capital in former days of the great kingdom of Lydia, Croesus' kingdom, l...
A FEW NAMES (ολιγα ονοματα). This use of ονομα for persons is seen in the _Koine_ (Deissmann, _Bible Studies_, p. 196f.) as in Acts 1:15; Revelation 11:13.DID NOT DEFILE (ουκ εμολυναν). First aori...
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....
_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...
BUT A FEW OF YOU. God had some few who were still faithful to him. These were "lights" in the darkness. CLOTHED IN WHITE. Symbolic of the victory of God's people (_see_ Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 19:8)....
WALKING IN WHITE They shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4. Did you ever notice how often the word “white” is mentioned in the Book of Revelation? If you take the trouble...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:1 The church in _Sardis_ has a few who remain faithful, but their faith does not result in good works. Most of the impressive Roman-era remains now visible at Sardis we...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:4 There is hope for A FEW NAMES, alert and faithful believers. Christ promises them the conqueror’s reward. They will have communion with him (WALK WITH ME) and the...
5. SARDIS. Vs. 1-6. Sardis, the capital of Lydia, the citadel of the world famed Croesus, has fulfilled the prophecy that "the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish," Sardis and rui...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 3:1. SARDIS.—Modern, _Sart_; once the capital of the old Lydian monarchy, now a village of paltry huts. SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD.—Most writers see in this the en...
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...
CHAPTER 3 - LAST 3 LETTERS TO SEVEN CHURCHES 5. Sardis: The spiritually dead carnal church Background: Sardis was also one of the oldest cities in Asia Minor. Sardis was a city of commerce that was n...
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...
1 Kings 19:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Acts 1:15; Ecclesiastes 9:8;...
Thou hast a few names. The best texts insert ajlla but between these words and the close of the preceding verse. So Rev. But, notwithstanding the general apathy of the Church, thou hast a few, etc. Co...
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...
Yet thou hast a few names — That is, persons. But though few, they had not separated themselves from the rest; otherwise, the angel of Sardis would not have had them. Yet it was no virtue of his, that...
Note here, That though the greater part in Sardis were dead or dying, that is, declining or decaying, yet there were some that kept their innocency, and preserved themselves from error and false worsh...