A few names (ολιγα ονοματα). This use of ονομα for persons is seen in the Koine (Deissmann, Bible Studies, p. 196f.)…

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis. The word names here is equivalent to persons; and the idea is, that even in a plac…

The best manuscripts begin this verse with “But,” or “Neverthele .” The case of the church in Sardis was bad, yet the loving eyes of the faithful w…

While the majority had departed from faithful obedience to Christ, a few at Sardis remained true. Here an allusion to the woolen industry at Sardis…

You have a few names even in Sardis
The Alexandrian copy and others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, a…

The Lord Jesus is He who has the Holy Spirit with all His powers, graces, and operations. Hypocrisy and lamentable decay in religion are sins charg…