REVELATIONS OF CHURCH LIFE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:1. ANGEL.—If this be taken as the chief pastor of the Church, it is quite? possible that Timothy is the person addressed. HOLDETH.—As a figure for exercising dominion over, having power over. WALKETH.—Is present among Christia... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:8. WAS DEAD AND LIVED AGAIN (R.V.).—Both the death and the return to life are assigned to a past time. The appropriateness of this presentation of Christ lies in the fact that the epistle was addressed to a persecuted Church, exposed even to the peril of... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:12. SHARP SWORD.—Suggesting unusual severity of asserting, and unusual severity of dealing (see Revelation 1:16; also Ephesians 6:17). “On the one hand, it was to smite that it might heal, cutting to the quick, reaching the conscience, laying bare the hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 2:18. THYATIRA.—Situated between Pergamos and Sardis. Inscriptions show that it contained many corporate guilds, one being that of the dyers. Apollo was specially worshipped, as the sun-god, under the Macedonian name of Tyrinnas. SON OF GOD.—This name sole... [ Continue Reading ]