Revelation 3:13 NIV,NKJV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

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 there occurs the phrase, “ He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.” read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:7-13

Revelation 3:7-1 Chronicles : . 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 condition of the church seems to have been satisfactory; the difficulties arose from Jewish rather than pagan opponents. Revelation 3:7 . that hath the key of David: cf. Isaiah 22:22, where the key of the house of David is given to Eliakim after the deposition of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 3:13

This we have met with at the close of every epistle: See Poole on "Revelation 3:7". Those who think these churches were typical, and the matter of the epistles not only didactic and corrective, but prophetical, say, this church of Philadelphia was a type of all gospel churches which were to be in the world upon the Reformation; which more perfectly cast off antichrist, and would allow no key but that of the house of David, reforming themselves strictly according to the rule of the word, not... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 3:7-13

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 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 true.—ἅγιος, not ὅσιος. It represents the holiness of consecration rather than that which is ethical and indwelling. The word “true” implies that He will be sure to keep His word. Key of David.—See Isaiah 22:22, Access to, and control over, the house of David, i.e. the regal house or palace, is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 3:12-13

DISCOURSE: 2500EPISTLE TO PHILADELPHIARevelation 3:12-13. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches.HEAR—hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches, and to every individual soul... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 3:1-22

Chapter 3And 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 Jesus, Isaiah the eleventh chapter.and the seven stars; I know thy works, that you have a name that you are alive, but really you are dead ( Revelation 3:1 ).Dead Protestantism. And I'll tell you if you don't believe it is dead, go to Europe. You go into a post-Christian era when you get... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 3:1-22

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, where Crœsus reigned, the richest king of all the east; the city which Cyrus took by the treachery of an officer, and eased Crœsus of all his gold and silver. Vide Cyroped. lib. 7. The Sardis of John is fifty miles east of Smyrna. Many critics have indeed asserted this to be the capital of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 3:7-13

Revelation 3:7-13Philadelphia.Philadelphia--the patient ChurchPhiladelphia furnishes us with the exemplar of the patient church; the exercise and training of patience is its peculiar call, and the perfection of patience is its reward. This message is one of high commendation and encouragement; although in its own consciousness, and in the regard of others, the condition of the church might seem pitiful, even deserving of rebuke. Those who have a wide experience of Christian churches and a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 3:13-14

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Ver. 14:. And unto the angel ] Archippus, it may be; for he was a pastor here, and began to cool long before this,Colossians 4:17; Colossians 4:17 . These things saith the Amen ] The God of Amen, as Isaiah calleth him, faithful in performing his promises to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 3:13

Revelation 2:7 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:2 - Hear ye me Proverbs 5:1 - attend Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear Micah 1:2 - hearken Matthew 11:15 - General Matthew 13:9 - General Mark 4:9 - General Mark 7:16 - General Acts 1:2 - through Galatians 6:9 - if 1 Timothy 4:1 - the Spirit Hebrews 10:15 - General Revelation 2:17 - hath Revelation 3:22 - General Revelation 22:16 - General read more