Full Rev 3:1–6. City history: twice-fallen acropolis (Croesus to Cyrus 547 BC; again to Antiochus III in 218 BC) — the city's history is a parable of complacency. Sparse commendation: a few names that have not defiled their garments. Rebuke: "thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." Promise: white raiment, name not blotted out of the book of life, Christ confessing the name before the Father.
Sardis — the church with a name to live but dead
Rev 3:1–6
Primary passage:Revelation 3:1 →
Commentary
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Matthew Henry
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R E V E L A T I O N. CHAP. III. Here we have three more of the epistles of Christ to the churches: I. To Sardis, ver. 1-6 . II. To Philadelphia, ver. 7-13 . III. To Laodicea, ver. 14, to the end . The Church in Sardis.…
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