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Text -- Revelation 1:11-20 (NET)

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1:11 saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches– to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 1:12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands, 1:13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. 1:14 His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. 1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 1:16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength. 1:17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 1:18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! 1:19 Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things. 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Alpha a title of Jesus Christ
 · Asia A Roman province on the west side of Asia Minor.
 · Ephesus a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River
 · Hades the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)
 · Laodicea residents of the town of Laodicea
 · Omega the last letter of Greek alphabet
 · Pergamum a wealthy ancient town in the disrict of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor. It is now modern Bergama.
 · Philadelphia a town in Lydia in the western part of Asia Minor
 · Sardis the capital city of the province of Lydia in Asia Minor
 · Smyrna a city Located on the west coast of Asia Minor, it is now called Izmir.
 · Thyatira a town in Asia Minor 30 km southeast of Pergamum


Dictionary Themes and Topics: REVELATION OF JOHN | Jesus, The Christ | Vision | ASTRONOMY, II | Word of God | Stars | PAROUSIA | Seven | Asia | Lampstand | NUMBER | Key | I Am Who I Am | Hell | A | Hades | LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) | Church | HAIR | Colors | more
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NET Notes: Rev 1:11 Grk “and to Smyrna.” For stylistic reasons the conjunction καί (kai) and the preposition εἰς (eis) have not...

NET Notes: Rev 1:12 Grk “and turning I saw.” The repetition of ἐπιστρέφω (epistrefw) is somewhat redundant in co...

NET Notes: Rev 1:13 Or “a wide golden sash,” but this would not be diagonal, as some modern sashes are, but horizontal. The Greek term can refer to a wide ban...

NET Notes: Rev 1:14 The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

NET Notes: Rev 1:15 Grk “sound,” but the idea is closer to the roar of a waterfall or rapids.

NET Notes: Rev 1:16 This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

NET Notes: Rev 1:17 Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two claus...

NET Notes: Rev 1:18 In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

NET Notes: Rev 1:19 Grk “Therefore write the things that you saw, and the things that are, and the things that will take place after these things.” Verse 19 c...

NET Notes: Rev 1:20 Or perhaps “the messengers.”

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