I will make [δ ι δ ω μ ι]. Rev., rightly, I give. See on verse 8. The sense is broken off there and resumed here.

Of the synagogue [ε κ τ η ς σ υ ν α γ ω γ η ς]. Certain ones of the synagogue. Most interpreters refer to the Jews. Others explain more generally, of the bowing down of the Church's enemies at her feet. Trench refers to a passage in the Epistle of Ignatius to this Philadelphian church, implying the actual presence in the midst of it of converts from Judaism, who preached the faith which they once persecuted.

Of Satan. See on chapter Revelation 2:9.

I will make them to come [π ο ι η σ ω α υ τ ο υ ς ι ν α η ξ ω σ ι ν] Lit., I will make them that they shall come.

Worship before thy feet. Compare Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 49:23.

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