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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 2:2

know: Revelation 2:9, Revelation 2:13, Revelation 2:19, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:8, Revelation 3:15, Psalms 1:6, Matthew 7:23, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Timothy 2:19, Hebrews 6:10 how: Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:15, Revelation 2:20, Revelation 2:21, Galatians 1:7, Ephesians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Peter 2:1-Leviticus :, 1 John 4:1 thou hast: 2 Corinthians 11:13-Ezra :, 1 John 2:21, 1 John 2:22, 1 John 4:1 Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:34 - the seventh Leviticus 14:40 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 2:2

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:I know — Jesus knows all the good and all the evil, which his servants and his enemies suffer and do. Weighty word, "I know," how dreadful will it one day sound to the wicked, how sweet to the righteous! The churches and their angels must have been astonished, to find their several states so exactly... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

2. Epistles successively to the seven Churches, Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22. The seven epistles to the Churches of Asia have been interpreted by a few commentators as a symbolical representation of the varying conditions of the Church through a chronological succession of periods. Thus Vitringa made them typify the history of the Church from its first founding down to his own time. But the failure to make out a due correspondence between the supposed representation and its fulfilments... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:2

2. I know His omniscient eyes… as a flame of fire, (Revelation 1:14,) blaze into the deepest recesses of their hearts and into all the deeds of their daily life. Thy As the epistles are addressed each to the angel, it is remarkable how uniformly throughout the second person singular thy, thou, and thee are used. It might at first seem as if the missives from Patmos passed over the heads of the congregation and hit the angel only. Yet we think that no such misconception took place.... read more

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