In Pergamum (εν Περγαμω). In a north-easterly direction from Smyrna in the Caicus Valley, some fifty-five miles away, in Mysia, on…

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos. (See Barnes on Revelation 1:20).

These things says He who has the sharp sword,…

Pergamos.—Unlike Ephesus and Smyrna, Pergamos was not distinguished as a commercial city. Its importance was due to other causes. …

The speaker identifies himself as “him who has the sharp, double-edged sword” (cf. comment on 1:16; cf. Isaiah 49:2). In dealing with th…

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write
Of the city of Pergamos, (See Gill on Revelation 1:11). In …

The word of God is a sword, able to slay both sin and sinners. It turns and cuts every way, but the believer need not fear this sword; yet this con…