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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, and hast not denied My name.
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, and hast not denied My name.
Verse Revelation 3:8. _I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR_] I have opened to thee a door to proclaim and diffuse my word; and, notwithstanding there are many adversaries to the spread of my Gospel, y...
I KNOW THY WORKS - See the notes on Revelation 2:2. BEHOLD, I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR - Referring to his authority as stated in Revelation 3:7. The “open door” here evidently refers to the e...
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 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...
_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...
THE LETTER TO SARDIS (Revelation 3:1-6)...
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...
BEHOLD. App-133. SET. given. STRENGTH App-172.1; Rev 176:1. HAST KEPT. didst keep. Same word as "hold fast", Revelation 3:3. WORD App-121. HAST NOT DENIED. didst not deny. MY NAME. In opposition...
_an open door_ Through which thou mayest enter into the Kingdom, into the house of David. _and no man can shut it_ Probably the false Jews mentioned in the next verse denied the title of the Christia...
ΘΎΡΑΝ ἨΝΕΩΙΓΜΈΝΗΝ. Through which thou mayest enter into the Kingdom, into the house of David. ἫΝ ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ΔΎΝΑΤΑΙ ΚΛΕΙ͂ΣΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΉΝ. For the construction cf. Revelation 2:7 n. Probably the false Jews men...
THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA...
_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...
ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) perf. _ind. act._ знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΙΔΟΎ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΔΈΔΩΚΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΉΝΕΩΓΜΈΝΗΝ _perf. pass. part. от_...
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...
DISCOURSE: 2498 EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIA Revelation 3:7. _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...
BEHOLD, I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR,— St. Paul uses this symbol to signify the free exercise and propagation of the gospel; Acts 14:27. 1 Corinthians 16:9 but at the same time this shews, that...
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...
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, and hast not denied my name. I HAVE SET - `given;' my...
__ 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...
3:8 set (g-8) Lit. 'give' or 'have given' (ver. 8) and 'give' (ver. 9)....
AN OPEN DOOR] i.e. the Church shall win converts: cp. 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:3, perhaps from the persecuting Jews (cp....
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...
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....
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...
I KNOW THY WORKS: BEHOLD, I HAVE SET (better, _given_) BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR (better, _a door opened_). — A reference to the passages (Acts 14:27; 1 Corinthians 16:8; 2 Corinthians 2:12;...
The message to Philadelphia....
οἶδά … ἔργα as in the case of Smyrna implying unqualified approval. The reward of this steadfastness (8 _c_, 10) is threefold: (_a_) security in their relation to God (8 _b_), through the love of Chri...
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...
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 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...
(7) 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, and hast not denied my name. (7) The note of praise i...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] Virtutem, _Greek: dunamin, strength._...
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...
(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...
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’S HISTORY_ ‘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, and hast not denied My name.’ R...
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...
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...
I KNOW THY WORKS,.... Good works, of faith, love, and patience; and which lay much in preaching, professing, and maintaining the pure Gospel, and in acts of charity to one another; and which were done...
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, and hast not denied my name. Ver. 8. _An open door_] A f...
_And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write_ “Philadelphia, so called from Attalus Philadelphus, its builder, is distant from Sardis about twenty-seven miles to the south-east. It is called...
AN OPEN DOOR; in allusion to the declaration of the preceding verse: "he that openeth, and no man shutteth." The words seem to mean full liberty in professing and preaching the gospel. Compare 1 Corin...
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...
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...
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...
I KNOW THY WORKS: it is very probable, that our Lord, by these ministers works, understands the works proper to them in their function, their labour in preaching and propagating the gospel, which Chri...
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part II And in Cephro indeed a considerable church sojourned with us, composed partly of the brethren who followed us from the city, and partly of those who joined us from...
Revelation 3:8 know G1492 (G5758) your G4675 works G2041 See G2400 (G5628) set G1325 (G5758) before...
‘I know your works - (behold I have set before you an opened door which none can shut) - that you have a little power, and have kept my word, and did not deny my name.' The reference to the opened doo...
Revelation 3:8. The contents of the Epistle begin in the usual manner, and then proceed, the first sentence being parenthetical, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN BEFORE THEE AN OPEN DOOR, AND NO ONE CAN SHUT IT....
I HAVE SET (δεδωκα). Perfect active indicative of διδωμ, "I have given" (a gift of Christ, this open door). See Luke 12:51 for a like use of διδωμ.A DOOR OPENED (θυραν ηνεωιγμενην). Perfect (tripl...
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...
I KNOW WHAT YOU DO. Christ knows their living faith and their spiritual strength. I HAVE OPENED A DOOR. Symbolic of great opportunities (compare Acts 14:27; 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12;...
_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...
AN OPEN DOOR An open door. Revelation 3:8 (AV). I wonder how many of you know how the month of January came by its name? All our months received their names from the Romans. Some of them were called...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 3:8 AN OPEN DOOR. Paul used the phrase “open doors” to describe opportunities for ministry (see 1 Corinthians 16:9). That sense i
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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 Corinthians 16:9; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 2:23; 1 Timothy 5:8;...
I have set [δ ε δ ω κ α]. Lit., I have given. For a similar phrase see Luke 12:51. An open door (quran ajnewgmenhn). Rev., more literally, a door opened. This is variously explained. Some refer it to...
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...
I have given before thee an opened door — To enter into the joy of thy Lord; and, meantime, to go on unhindered in every good work. Thou hast a little strength — But little outward human strength; a l...