Revelation 3:1-6
Revelation 3:1-6. THE CHURCH IN SARDIS... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 3:1-6. THE CHURCH IN SARDIS... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ἜΧΩΝ ΤᾺ ἙΠΤᾺ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΑ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. See the last note but one on Revelation 1:4. Though “the Seven Spirits” were mentioned there, we have not yet heard of them as specially belonging to Christ: but this we find in Revelation 5:6. ΚΑῚ ΤΟῪΣ ἙΠΤᾺ�. Cf. Revelation 2:1. We find the “Spirits” and the “st... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΜΕΛΛΟΝ�. B2 reads ἤμελλες�. ΕὝΡΗΚΑ. B2 reads εὕρηκαν. 2. ΓΊΝΟΥ ΓΡΗΓΟΡΩ͂Ν. Lit. “become watching,” “awake and watch.” ΤᾺ ΛΟΙΠΆ. The elements of goodness, or means of goodness, which thou hast not yet lost. Cf. Revelation 2:6, and the first note there. Ἅ ἜΜΕΛΛΟΝ, i.e. which would have died but fo... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΝΗΜΌΝΕΥΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. א æth[118] Primas[119] Areth[120] omit οὖν. [118] Aethiopic Version. [119] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [120] Arethas, Archbishop of Caesarea. ΓΡΗΓΟΡΉΣΗΙΣ. א cop[121] Primas[122] read μετανοήσῃς. [121] Coptic. [122] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 3. ΜΝΗΜΌΝΕΥΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Cf.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 certainly to imply such a register of office-bearers at least. It is possible indeed that the “names” are... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟὝΤΩΣ. אeB2P … and Text. Rec[123] read οὗτος. [123] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 5. Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν ΟὝΤΩΣ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΕΙ͂ΤΑΙ. If οὕτως means “like the holy remnant in Sardis,” it is natural to ask with Spitta whether the promises to him that overcometh are to be regarded as part of the messag... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΛΕΊΣΕΙ. 1 Vg[124] Primas[125] cop[126] arm[127] syr[128] and Text. Rec[129] read κλείει. [124] Vulgate. [125] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [126] Coptic. [127] Armenian. [128] Syriac. [129] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ΚΑῚ ΚΛΕΊΩΝ. A omits καὶ, C 1, Text. Rec[130] read καὶ κλε... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA... [ Continue Reading ]
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 mentioned in the next verse denied the title of the Christians in Philadelphia to the privileges of br... [ Continue Reading ]
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); here the sentence is unfinished, and is resumed by “I will make them come” &c. below. ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΣΥ... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΙ ἘΤΉΡΗΣΑΣ … ΚἈΓΏ. It would be possible, but hardly in accordance with the usage of this book, to connect this with what goes before, “that I have loved thee, because thou hast kept …, and I will keep thee from.…”... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΡΆΤΕΙ Ὅ ἜΧΕΙΣ. See on Revelation 2:6; Revelation 2:25. ΛΆΒΗΙ, i.e. rob thee of it: it is hardly meant that his loss will be in any sense another’s gain, but that whoever can tempt him to let go what he has will deprive him of what he hopes for. On στέφανον see note on Revelation 2:10 : the image o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ. א* reads αὐτῷ. Ἡ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΟΥΣΑ. With א*ACP 1 …; Text. Rec[134] i.e. Beza and Elzevir, reads ἢ καταβαίνει with B2 And[135]; אc reads τῆς καταβαινούσης. [134] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [135] Andreas Archbishop of Caesarea. 12. Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν. Lit. “He that overcometh, I will ma... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΊΑΙ. 1 and Text. Rec[136] read λαοδικέων. [136] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 14. Ὁ�. See the last note on Revelation 1:7. Here the name is used, (i) because this is the last of the seven Epistles, that it may confirm the whole: (ii) as synonymous with the title “Faithful... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA... [ Continue Reading ]
ὌΦΕΛΟΝ ΨΥΧΡῸΣ ἮΣ Ἢ ΖΕΣΤΌΣ. A 1 omit by homoeotelenton. 15. ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΨΥΧΡῸΣ … ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΖΕΣΤΌΣ. Neither untouched by spiritual life, dead and cold, as an unregenerate heathen would be, nor τῷ πνεύματι ζέων (Romans 12:11). We might naturally speak (perhaps the Lord does, Matthew 24:12) of those as “cold”... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΖΕΣΤῸΣ ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΨΥΧΡΌΣ. With אB2C 1; Text. Rec[137] reads οὔτε ψυχρὸς οὔτε ζεστὸς with AP. [137] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἘΜΈΣΑΙ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΤΌΜΑΤΌΣ ΜΟΥ. אc reads ἐμιν (i. q. ἐμεῖν); א* reads παυσε (i. q. παυσαι) τοῦ στόματός σου. 16. ὌΤΙ ΧΛΙΑΡῸΣ ΕἾ. The image is of course... [ Continue Reading ]
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 unusually elaborate for this book. ΠΛΟΎΣΙΌΣ ΕἸΜΙ ΚΑῚ ΠΕΠΛΟΎΤΗΚΑ. Lit. “I am rich and have gotten ri... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΓΧΡΙ͂ΣΑΙ. Text. Rec[139] reads ἔγχρισον with P 1. Latt. _ungue, inunge_. [139] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 18. ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΕΎΩ ΣΟΙ. “There is deep irony in this word _One who has need of nothing_, yet needs counsel on the vital points of self-preservation.” Alford. ἈΓΟΡΆΣΑΙ. Cf. Isai... [ Continue Reading ]
ΖΉΛΕΥΕ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. With AB2C; Text. Rec[140] reads ζήλωσον with אP 1. [140] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 19. ἘΓῺ ὌΣΟΥΣ ἘᾺΝ ΦΙΛΩ͂, ἘΛΈΓΧΩ. The pronoun ἐγώ stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence—as it were, “My way with those I love (the word is a strong one, expressing affe... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΚΟΎΣΗΙ ΤΗ͂Σ ΦΩΝΗ͂Σ ΜΟΥ ΚΑΊ. These words, attested by all MSS. and versions, are absent from four quotations of Origen, one of Hilary and one of Epiphanius. ἈΝΟΊΞΗΙ. א reads ἀνοίξω. ΕἸΣΕΛΕΎΣΟΜΑΙ. With AP; Tisch[141] reads καὶ εἰσελεύσομαι with אB2. [141] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the tex... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν. The construction is as in Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:12, “He that overcometh, I will give him.” For the sense, compare the former of these passages; but the promise of sharing Christ’s inheritance (Romans 8:17) is even more fully expressed here. ὩΣ ΚἈΓῺ ἘΝΊΚΗΣΑ. See St John’s Gospel, J... [ Continue Reading ]