Revelation 3:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceansa write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; ”

Revelation 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write - See the notes on Revelation 1:20 . These things saith the Amen - Referring, as is the case in every epistle, to some attribute of t...
Revelation 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(11) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the (h) Amen, the faithful and true witness, the (i) beginning of the creation of God; (11) The seventh passage is t...
Revelation 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 let...
Revelation 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of, &c. . in (Greek. en) Laodicea (an important city of Phrygia,. few miles west of Colosse. Rebuilt by Antiochus II, and named after his wife, Laodice). the Amen. . Hebrew word transliterat...
Revelation 3:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2501 EPISTLE TO LAODICEA Revelation 3:14-16 . Unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the cr...
Revelation 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; These things saith the Amen - That is, He w...
Revelation 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The church of the Laodiceans— Laodicea lay south of Philadelphia in the way to Ephesus; and if you inspect the maps, you will find the seven churches to lie in a kind of circular form; so that th...
Revelation 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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; Laodiceans - in the southwest of Ph...
Revelation 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Epistles to the Seven Churches (concluded) 1-6. To the Church in Sardis Christ speaks as He who gives the spirit and looks for spiritual life. There is no praise for this Church. Its life is w...
Revelation 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laodicea. — Situated half way between Philadelphia and Colossae, and not far from Hierapolis. It received its name from Laodice, wife of Antiochus the second king of Syria, by whom it was rebuilt a...
Revelation 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“I Stand at the Door and Knock” Revelation 3:14-22 It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that God's love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result, whi...
Revelation 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is la...
Revelation 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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; (15) I know thy works, that thou art n...
Revelation 3:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CHURCH IN LAODICEA ‘And unto the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write.’ Revelation 3:14 The tone of the Apocalyptic letter is one of severe, and even ironical, censure. The Laodic...
Revelation 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write ,.... Of the city of Laodicea, Revelation 1:11 ; there was a church here in the times of the Apostle Paul; by whom it was founded is not kno...
Revelation 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, t...
Revelation 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write Laodicea lay south of Philadelphia in the way to return to Ephesus: for the seven churches lay in a kind of circular form, so that the natural...
Revelation 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Assembly at Sardis (vv. 1-6) The message to the assembly at Sardis has a very different character, for instead of being a development from Thyatira, it is rather a revulsion from it. Sardis...
Revelation 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Church in Laodicea. A. D. 95. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans writ...
Revelation 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; We read of this church, Colossians 4:16 . Laodicea was a city in Lydia, by the river Lycus: see Revelation 1:11 . These things saith the Amen: Amen, as we have oft noted, is a part...
Revelation 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Letter To The Church In Laodicea ( Revelation 3:14-22 ). ‘And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, ‘These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the cre...
Revelation 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 3:14 . Laodiceans .—The city of Laodicea was situated on the banks of the Lycus, near Hierapolis and Colossæ. Archippus was possibly the angel of this Ch...
Revelation 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Revelation 3:14 Consider the word with which the Lord's prayer closes the word "Amen." It is the signalem conscientiæ, the seal of our faith; it is the votem desiderii, the fervency of our longi...
Revelation 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Revelation 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Laodiceans. Laodicea--the self-complacent Church Laodicea is the type of a self-complacent Church. Underneath the condemnation of luke-warmness there is a yet more heart-searching lesson. L...
Revelation 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Revelation 3:1-66 The epistle to the Church at Sardis. This Church is one of the two which receives unmixed reproof. Smyrna and Philadelphia receive no blame; Sardis and Laodic...
Revelation 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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:
Revelation 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:20 ; Colossians 1:15 ; Colossians 2:1 ; Colossians 4:16 ; Isaiah 55:4 ; Isaiah 65:16 ; Jeremiah 42:5 ; Revelation 1:11 ; Revelation 2:1 ; Revelation 1:5 ; Revelation 19:11...
Revelation 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Churches at Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea Revelation 3:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at Sardis. This is the fifth Church in t...
Revelation 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To the angel of the church at Laodicea — For these St. Paul had had a great concern, Colossians 2:1 . These things saith the Amen — That is, the True One, the God of truth. The beginning — The Aut...

Revelation 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 3:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Revelation 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Revelation 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes