Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Revelation 2:29
Verse Revelation 2:29. He that hath an ear] Let every Christian pay the strictest regard to these predictions of Christ; and let them have a suitable influence on his heart and life.
Verse Revelation 2:29. He that hath an ear] Let every Christian pay the strictest regard to these predictions of Christ; and let them have a suitable influence on his heart and life.
HE THAT HATH AN EAR ... - See the notes on Revelation 2:7....
II. THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE SEVEN CHURCH MESSAGES, AND THEIR PROPHETIC MEANING CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Ephesus: The post-apostolic period (Revelation 2:1)_ 2. Smyrna: The period of persecution (Revelati...
THE LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA. Thyatira, which was about 4 miles SE. of Pergamum, was relatively much less important than the cities already mentioned. It was a commercial centre, and seems to...
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...
_Thyatira_ is named first in Acts, chapter XVI. It is probable that Lydia and her household formed the nucleus of the church. The name is not mentioned again until it appears in Revelation. The city w...
THE LETTER TO EPHESUS (Revelation 2:1-7)...
And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like beaten brass. I know your works--I mean your love and yo...
_He that hath_&c. For the position of these words, see on Revelation 2:7....
THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA...
Ὁ ἜΧΩΝ ΟΥ̓͂Σ�. For the position of these words see on Revelation 2:7....
_LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA REVELATION 2:18-29:_ Thyatira was the smallest of all the cities to whom letters were written. Jesus said of them, "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and fa...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΚΟΥΣΆΤΩ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать (_см._ Revelation 2:7)....
DISCOURSE: 2493 EPISTLE TO THYATIRA Revelation 2:26. He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 7 Text Revelation 2:18-29 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are l...
__ 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 (REVELATION 2:1 TO REVELATION 3:22) Since 'seven' is the perfect number, the 'seven churches' represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same time, t...
TO THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA Christ speaks in His majesty as Son of God (Revelation 2:18). The Church is praised for its increase in love and faith and the service of others, and its patience under trial...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 LETTERS TO THE 7 *CHURCHES - REVELATION 2:1-3 TO THE *CHURCH IN EPHESUS - REVELATION 2:1-7...
CHAPTER II THE CHURCH ON THE FIELD OF HISTORY. Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He th...
The longest message of the seven is to a church in the least important of the cities (judged from the historical standpoint) Thyatira, a township of Northern Lydia, the holy city of Apollo Tyrimnaios,...
“HOLD FAST TILL I COME” Revelation 2:18 Note that Jesus does not hesitate to appropriate the sublime title- _the Son of God_. His eyes penetrate profoundest secrets, and His advent leaves a trail of...
The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily ar...
TO THE CORRUPTED CHURCH Forty miles southeast of Pergamum was the city of Thyatira. The city was famous for its purple dye, which Lydia sold (Acts 16:11-15). It was the home of numerous trade guilds,...
To the Angel of the church of Thyatira. Here is first a commendation of their constancy in the faith, in good works, charity, patience, and ministry, which chiefly regards their bishop, whoever he was...
REFLECTIONS HAIL! thou glorious Lord! thou Almighty Head of thy Church, and people. Blessed be thy Name, for those gracious messages, to thy redeemed. Truly, Lord, amidst all their spots and defilemen...
(18) And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; (19) I know thy works, and ch...
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 Thyatira A liar is hard not to believe when he says nice things about you. (So it is when people speak of the Lord, even if it is lies) It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard...
The first great fact is, that the assembly in this world is subject to judgment, and to have its whole existence and place before God as light-bearer in the world set aside; secondly, that God will do...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR,.... Revelation 2:7....
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Ver. 29. _He that hath an ear_] _See Trapp on "_ Rev 2:7 _"_...
_And he that overcometh_ That holds fast faith and a good conscience, notwithstanding the efforts of the enemies of my gospel to wrest them from him; _and keepeth my works_ Those which I have commande...
HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES. These words are addressed to the faithful believers in Thyatira: But to you I say, the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not ho...
An admonition and a warning to the congregation at Thyatira:...
THE ADDRESS TO EPHESUS (vv. 1-7) Each local assembly is addressed on the basis of its responsibility as a testimony for God. Each of these assemblies actually existed and were functioning as assembl...
THYATIRA (VERSES 18-29) The City Of the seven letters, the letter to Thyatira is the longest. The city was known for manufacturing and marketing. Here every trade (silversmiths, candle makers, carpen...
18-29 Even when the Lord knows the works of his people to be wrought in love, faith, zeal, and patience; yet if his eyes, which are as a flame of fire, observe them committing or allowing what is evi...
Here the same conclusion of this epistle as of all the rest, REVELATION 2:7,11,17: SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 2:7". Those who make this epistle typical and prophetical, make it a type of all the churche...
Revelation 2:29 has G2192 (G5723) ear G3775 hear G191 (G5657) what G5101 Spirit G4151 says G3004 ...
‘He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' From now on this phrase comes after the promise to overcomers, (whereas previously it has introduced it), as though it...
Revelation 2:29. Comp. on Revelation 2:7. In the church at Thyatira we seem to pass for the first time to the Church considered in her widest aspect and as brought into positive relations with the _po...
CONTENTS: Message to Ephesus concerning things «which are.» Their first love left. Message to Pergamos concerning false doctrines. Message to Smyrna concerning persecutions. Message to Thyatira concer...
_Epistle the first._ Revelation 2:1. _The angel of the church of Ephesus,_ or the messenger of Christ; for the apostles, and apostolic men, while they remained in any church, were always regarded as t...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 2:18 _Thyatira_ is praised for its growing love but is criticized for its lack of discernment and for allowing false teaching. The city was a commercial center. Its main...
4. THYATIRA. Vs. 18-29. Thyatira, the home of Lydia, Paul's first convert in Europe, still exists as a small city of perhaps twenty thousand inhabitants. It is supposed by some that Lydia may have car...
_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 spec...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 3:1 _The epistles to the seven Churches. _Once more we have to consider rival interpretations. Of these we may safely set aside all those which make the seven letters to be pict...
4. THYATIRA: THE CHURCH THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THE SATANIC RELIGION OF BABYLON Background: Thyatira was an important military city founded by Alexander three hundred years before Christ. Thyati...
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks (Revelation 2:1); So the desc...
Revelation 2:7...