Revelation 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 3:1

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

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ASV

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.

KJV

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This attribute implies His infinite power by the Spirit to convict of sin and of a hollow profession. and the seven stars-- (Re 1:16, 20). His having the seven stars, or presiding ministers, flows, as a consequence, from His having the seven Spirits, or the fulness of the Holy Spirit. The human ministry is the fruit of Christ's sending down the gifts of the Spirit.

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Original language & word study

33 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
ἀγγέλῳ	angelō	angel	G32 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Σάρδεσιν	Sardesin	Sardis	G4554 →
ἐκκλησίας	ekklēsias	church	G1577 →
γράψον·	grapson	do write:	G1125 →
τάδε	tade	These things	G3592 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
πνεύματα	pneumata	Spirits	G4151 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
ἀστέρας·	asteras	stars;	G792 →
οἶδά	oida	I know
σου	sou	your	G4771 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ἔργα	erga	deeds	G2041 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὄνομα	onoma	characterization	G3686 →
ἔχεις	echeis	you have	G2192 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ζῇς	zēas	you are alive	G2198 →
καὶ	kai	and yet	G2532 →
νεκρὸς	nekros	dead	G3498 →
εἶ.	ei	you are.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:4
John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
leads to
- Isaiah 11:2
  The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- John 1:1
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Psalms 90:2
  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Revelation 5:6
  Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven…
Through
Colossians 2:13
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:5–6
  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
Through
James 2:26
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
leads to
- James 2:20
  O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

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