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Revelation Chapter 1 Verses
The above link is to Chapter 1.
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Smyrna
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Pergamum
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Thyatira
I will put up the Greek texts and give as close translation as possible.
......................Ephesus [verses: 1-7] [posts 1-18]
Revelation 2:
1 To the Messenger of the Assembly in Ephesus, write!
Now this is saying the One holding the seven Stars in the right-hand of Him, the One walking about in midst of the seven golden Candlesticks/Lampstands.
2 I am aware of the works of the and the toil of thee and the endurance of thee, and thou art now able to bear evil ones and thou that try/test the ones saying themselves apostles to be and not they are and thou found them false.
3 And endurance thou are having and thou bear because of the Name of Me and not thou are wearied.
4 But I am having against thee. That the love of thee, the first, thou didst leave.
5 Remember then! whence thou hast fallen and repent! and the first works do!
And if not, I come to thee [swiftly] and I shall be removing thy lamp-stand from its place, if ever no thou should be repenting
6 but this thou art having.
That thou art hating the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also am hating.
7 He who is having ear, let him hear! what the Spirit is saying to the Assemblies.
To the one conquering, I shall be giving to him to be eating from out of the tree of the life,
which is being in [midst of] the paradise of the God [of Me].
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2:1
To the Messenger/aggelw<32> of the [in] Ephesus[Ephesian] Assembly, write!
These things saith He Who is holding the seven stars in His right [hand] of Him.
Who is walking in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands........................
New American Standard Bible
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
King James Bible
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write;
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
A few minor variances in the Greek texts in this verse.
The T-R appears to use the word for "Ephesians", while the others use "Ephesus".
Also the word for "en..." is not used in the T-R tho it is used in the other Mss.
The H-W uses the words Greek article "tw" which is rendered "to-the..."
The others have the article "thV" which translates to "of-the...". These are rather minor.
The word "hand" is not in the texts but rather implied.
Stephens 1550/Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus
tw aggelw thV ** efesinhs ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Byzantine Majority
tw aggelw thV en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Alexandrian
tw aggelw thV en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Hort and Westcott
tw aggelw tw en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Of the 186 times #32 is used in the NT, the exact word form is used only 9 times, 7 of those concerning the 7 Assemblies,
and 2 other times, Luke 2:13 and Revelation 9:14:
Luke 2:
13 And suddenly there came with the Messenger/aggelw<32> a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,
Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth Messenger/aggelw<32>, who had the trumpet,
'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;'
The above link is to Chapter 1.
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Smyrna
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Pergamum
Revelation chapter 2 - 1st four Churches
The Assembly in Thyatira
I will put up the Greek texts and give as close translation as possible.
......................Ephesus [verses: 1-7] [posts 1-18]
Revelation 2:
1 To the Messenger of the Assembly in Ephesus, write!
Now this is saying the One holding the seven Stars in the right-hand of Him, the One walking about in midst of the seven golden Candlesticks/Lampstands.
2 I am aware of the works of the and the toil of thee and the endurance of thee, and thou art now able to bear evil ones and thou that try/test the ones saying themselves apostles to be and not they are and thou found them false.
3 And endurance thou are having and thou bear because of the Name of Me and not thou are wearied.
4 But I am having against thee. That the love of thee, the first, thou didst leave.
5 Remember then! whence thou hast fallen and repent! and the first works do!
And if not, I come to thee [swiftly] and I shall be removing thy lamp-stand from its place, if ever no thou should be repenting
6 but this thou art having.
That thou art hating the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also am hating.
7 He who is having ear, let him hear! what the Spirit is saying to the Assemblies.
To the one conquering, I shall be giving to him to be eating from out of the tree of the life,
which is being in [midst of] the paradise of the God [of Me].
==========================================
2:1
To the Messenger/aggelw<32> of the [in] Ephesus[Ephesian] Assembly, write!
These things saith He Who is holding the seven stars in His right [hand] of Him.
Who is walking in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands........................
New American Standard Bible
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
King James Bible
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write;
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
A few minor variances in the Greek texts in this verse.
The T-R appears to use the word for "Ephesians", while the others use "Ephesus".
Also the word for "en..." is not used in the T-R tho it is used in the other Mss.
The H-W uses the words Greek article "tw" which is rendered "to-the..."
The others have the article "thV" which translates to "of-the...". These are rather minor.
The word "hand" is not in the texts but rather implied.
Stephens 1550/Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus
tw aggelw thV ** efesinhs ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Byzantine Majority
tw aggelw thV en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Alexandrian
tw aggelw thV en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Hort and Westcott
tw aggelw tw en efesw ekklhsiaV grayon tade legei o kratwn touV epta asteraV en th dexia autou o peripatwn en mesw twn epta lucniwn twn cruswn
Of the 186 times #32 is used in the NT, the exact word form is used only 9 times, 7 of those concerning the 7 Assemblies,
and 2 other times, Luke 2:13 and Revelation 9:14:
Luke 2:
13 And suddenly there came with the Messenger/aggelw<32> a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,
Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth Messenger/aggelw<32>, who had the trumpet,
'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;'
Revelation Chapter 2:1 commentaries
2:1
Unto the angel of the church of (literally, in) Ephesus.--
On the word "angel," see Note on Revelation 1:20, and Excursus A.
Adopting the view that the angel represents the chief pastor or bishop of the Church, it would be interesting to know who was its presiding minister at this time; but this must be deternined by another question, viz., the date of the Apocalypse.
Accepting the earlier date--i.e., the reign of Nero, or (with Gebhardt) of Galba--the angel is no other than Timothy.
Some striking coincidences favour this view. Labour, work, endurance, are what St. Paul acknowledges in Timothy, and which he exhorts him to cultivate more and more (2Timothy 2:6; 2Timothy 2:15; 2Timothy 4:5). Again, against false teachers he warns him (1Timothy 1:7).
Further, there is "a latent tone of anxiety" in the Epistles to Timothy.
The nature with which he had to do was emotional even to tears, ascetic, devout; but there was in it a tendency to lack of energy and sustained enthusiasm.
"He urges him to stand up, to rekindle the grace of God, just as here there is a hint of a first love left." (See Prof. Plumptre, Ep. to Seven Churches.)
2:1
the call to each individual to give ear. Verses 1-7. - The epistle to the Church at Ephesus. Verse 1. - Unto the angel (see on Revelation 1:20).
"The angel" seems to be the spirit of the Church personified as its responsible guardian.
The Church of Ephesus. "In Ephesus" is certainly the right reading; in all seven cases it is the angel of the Church in the place that is addressed.
In St. Paul's:Epistles we have "in Rome," "in Corinth," "in Colossae," "in Ephesus," "of Galatia," "of the Thessalonians." Among all the cities of the Roman province of Asia, Ephesus ranked as "first of all and greatest."
It was called "the metropolis of Asia." Romans visiting Asia commonly landed first at Ephesus. Its position as a centre of commerce was magnificent.
Three rivers, the Maeander, the Cayster, and the Hermes, drain Western Asia Minor, and Ephesus stood on high ground near the mouth of the central river, the Cayster, which is connected by passes with the valleys of the other two.
Strabo, writing of Ephesus about the time when St. John was born, says, "Owing to its favourable situation, the city is in all other respects increasing daily, for it is the greatest place of trade of all the cities of Asia west of the Taurus."
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