ヨハネの黙示録 2:2-4 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The epistle to the Church at Ephesus. Ephesus was a notable place in the days of St. John. It and Corinth, on either side of the AE gean, and between which there was a regular traffic, have been likened to the Liverpool and New York of our day, on either side of the Atlantic. Ephesus was large, populous, wealthy, the capital of the province and the centre of the religious worship of the great Diana, whose magnificent temple was accounted one of the wonders of the world. Nor is the place... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

(1) The epistle to the Church in Ephesus: the decay of early love. The Ephesian Church highly commended for many things—for "toil" in service and for "patience" in tribulation; unwearied endurance in suffering; repudiation of "evil men," and fidelity in trying them "which call themselves apostles, and they are not;" and even" hating the works" which the Lord says, "I also hate." But the works of the Church are all known to him who "walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The words of Christ from eternity to the congregation at Ephesus. "Unto the angel of the Church of Ephesus," etc. The quality of words, whether weak or potent, pure or unvirtuous, useful or otherwise, depends evermore upon the character of the author. Hence the words of truly great men, intellectually and morally great, are the most blessed of all the blessed things we have; they are the organs of the highest light and choicest life. Hence the words of Christ have a value unsurpassed and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:2

Owing to the inaccurate use of a corrupt text, the Authorized Version is hero very faulty. The Revised Version is to be preferred throughout. I know thy works . This introductory "I know" appears in all seven letters. He whose eyes are "as a flame of fire" ( Revelation 1:14 ) has perfect knowledge of his servants, and this knowledge is the basis of the praise and blame. "Works," a favourite word with St. John, and very frequent in both Gospel and Apocalypse, is used in a wide sense,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:3

The text followed in the Authorized Version is here very corrupt; we must read with the Revised Version, And thou hast patience (as in Revelation 2:2 ), and didst bear for my Name's sake, and hast not grown weary . The last verb ( κεκοπίακες ) is closely akin to toil ( κόπος ) in Revelation 2:2 . The seeming contradiction between "I know thy toil" and "thou hast not toiled" has caused confusion in the text. Yet οὐ κεκοπίακες does not mean "thou hast not toiled," but "thou... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

But I have (this) against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love . The Authorized Version unwarrantably softens the censure by inserting "somewhat;" the Greek means rather, "I have (this grave thing) against thee." In "hath aught against thee" ( Matthew 5:23 ) and "have aught against any" ( Mark 11:25 ), the "aught" ( τι ) is expressed in the Greek; here nothing is expressed. "Thy first love" is expressed very emphatically with the article repeated; "thy love, thy first one." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

Going back in the ways of God. "Nevertheless I have … first love." There is no stage of our heavenward journey that is so hard as that which we go over for the third time. When in the ardour of our first love we first traversed that part of the road, we went along vigorously, with a strong elastic step. And when we went back, though we went slowly enough at first, like as when the boy's ball, which he has flung high into the air, when ceasing its upward ascent, begins to descend, that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:2

I know thy works - The common formula with which all the epistles to the seven churches are introduced. It is designed to impress upon them deeply the conviction that he was intimately acquainted with all that they did, good and bad, and that therefore he was abundantly qualified to dispense rewards or administer punishments according to truth and justice. It may be observed that, as many of the things referred to in these epistles were things pertaining to the heart - the feelings, the state... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

And hast borne - Hast borne up under trials; or hast borne with the evils with which you have been assailed. That is, you have not given way to murmuring or complaints in trial, you have not abandoned the principles of truth and yielded to the prevalence of error.And hast patience - That is, in this connection, hast shown that thou canst bear up under these things with patience. This is a repetition of what is said in Revelation 2:2, but in a somewhat different connection. There it rather... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:4

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee - Notwithstanding this general commendation, there are things which I cannot approve.Because thou hast left thy first love - Thou hast “remitted” (ἀφῆκας aphēkas) or let down thy early love; that is, it is less glowing and ardent than it was at first. The love here referred to is evidently love to the Saviour; and the idea is, that, as a church, they had less of this than formerly characterized them. In this respect they were in a state of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:4

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