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"To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
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The Sword is Christ's Word
Multiple commentators explain that the 'sharp two-edged sword' symbolizes the powerful and piercing Word of Christ. It is not a literal weapon but represents His words of truth, which cut to the heart, expose sin, and judge false teaching. This imagery is intentionally used here because Christ is about to deliver a sharp reproof to the church.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos. (See Barnes on Revelation 1:20).
These things says He who has the sharp sword,…
In Pergamum (εν Περγαμω). In a north-easterly direction from Smyrna in the Caicus Valley, some fifty-five miles away, in Mysia, on…
19th Century
Anglican
Pergamos.—Unlike Ephesus and Smyrna, Pergamos was not distinguished as a commercial city. Its importance was due to other causes. …
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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