I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
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Gill's Exposition
I know thy works,.... Both good and bad, and which in that pure part of this church, which opposed the growing corruptions of antichrist, were for the most part good,
And where thou dwellest, even…
Barnes' Notes
I know thy works - The uniform mode of addressing the seven churches in these epistles. See the notes on Rev 2:2. And where thou dwellest - That is, I know all the temptations to which you are…
Adam Clarke
Where Satan's seat is - Ὁπου ὁ θρονος του Σατανα· Where Satan has his throne - where he reigns as king, and is universally obeyed. It was a maxim among the Jews, that where the law of God was not…
Here also we are to consider,
I. The inscription of this message. 1. To whom it was sent: To the angel of the church of Pergamos. Whether this was a city raised up out of the ruins of old Troy, a Troy…
Cambridge Bible
Satan's seat Better, throne the word being the one so naturalised in English, and so translated in this book wherever used of the throne of God, Rev 3:21 &c. WhySatan's throne and dwelling-place is…
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