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Revelation 3:6

Everyone who hears this should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Churches, the Seven;   Seven;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sarids;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sardis;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hear, Hearing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sardis;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asia;   Magi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apocalypse;   Woe;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ear;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Sepharvaim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sar'dis,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ear;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Revelation of John:;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen
King James Version (1611)
Hee that hath an eare, let him heare what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
King James Version
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
English Standard Version
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
New American Standard Bible
'The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
New Century Version
Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
THE MESSAGE
"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Berean Standard Bible
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Contemporary English Version
If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities."'
Darby Translation
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.
George Lamsa Translation
He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
Good News Translation
"If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches!
Lexham English Bible
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Literal Translation
The one who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
Amplified Bible
'He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.'
American Standard Version
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Bible in Basic English
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Hebrew Names Version
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
International Standard Version
'Let the person who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'Revelation 2:7;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
He who hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Murdock Translation
He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let him that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches.
English Revised Version
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
World English Bible
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Weymouth's New Testament
Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying to the Churches.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to the chirchis.
Update Bible Version
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
New English Translation
The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
New King James Version
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'
New Living Translation
"Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.
New Life Bible
You have ears! Then listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'
New Revised Standard
Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the Spirit, is saying unto the assemblies.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
Revised Standard Version
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.
Young's Literal Translation
He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let him yt hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.
Mace New Testament (1729)
he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches."
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you've got ears, you best be listening to what the Spirit is saying to the outfits.

Contextual Overview

1 "Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: "Here is a message from the one who has the seven spirits and the seven stars. "I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but really you are dead. 2 Wake up! Make yourselves stronger before what little strength you have left is completely gone. I find that what you do is not good enough for my God. 3 So don't forget what you have received and heard. Obey it. Change your hearts and lives! You must wake up, or I will come to you and surprise you like a thief. You will not know when I will come. 4 "But you have a few people in your group there in Sardis who have kept themselves clean. They will walk with me. They will wear white clothes, because they are worthy. 5 Everyone who wins the victory will be dressed in white clothes like them. I will not remove their names from the book of life. I will say that they belong to me before my Father and before his angels. 6 Everyone who hears this should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 2:7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:2 - Hear ye me Proverbs 5:1 - attend Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear Micah 1:2 - hearken Matthew 11:15 - General Matthew 13:9 - General Mark 4:9 - General Mark 7:16 - General Galatians 6:9 - if 1 Timothy 4:1 - the Spirit Hebrews 10:15 - General Revelation 2:17 - hath Revelation 3:22 - General Revelation 22:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. The snake spoke to the woman and said, "Woman, did God really tell you that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."
Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
Genesis 3:19
You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die, and then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you, and when you die, you will become dust again."
Genesis 39:7
After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."
Joshua 7:21
In Jericho, I saw a beautiful coat from Babylonia, about 5 pounds of silver, and about a pound of gold. I wanted these things for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat."
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening he got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his house. From there he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that hath an ear, let him hear,....

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that hath an ear ... - See the notes on Revelation 2:7.

The Epistle to the Church in Philadelphia

This epistle Revelation 3:7-13 comprises the following subjects:

  1. The usual address to the angel of the church, Revelation 3:7.

(2)The reference to some attribute or characteristic of the speaker, Revelation 3:7. He here addresses the church as one who is holy and true; as he who has the key of David, and who can shut and no one can open, and open and no one can shut. The representation is that of one who occupies a royal palace, and who can admit or exclude anyone whom he pleases. The reference to such a palace is continued through the epistle.

(3)The usual declaration that he knows their works, and that he has found that they had strength, though but a little, and had kept his word, Revelation 3:8.

(4)A declaration that he would constrain some who professed that they were Jews, but who were of the synagogue of Satan, to come and humble themselves before them, Revelation 3:9.

(5)The particular promise to that church. He would keep them in the hour of temptation that was coming to try all that dwelt upon the earth, Revelation 3:10.

(6)The command addressed to them as to the other churches. He solemnly enjoins it on them to see that no one should take their crown, or deprive them of the reward which he would give to his faithful followers, Revelation 3:11.

(7)A general promise, in view of the circumstances in Philadelphia, to all who should overcome, Revelation 3:12. They would be made a pillar in the temple of God, and go no more out. They would have written on themselves the name of his God, and the name of the holy city - showing that they were inhabitants of the heavenly world.

(8)The usual call on all to attend to what was said to the churches, Revelation 3:13.

Philadelphia stood about 25 miles south-cast from Sardis, in the plain of Hermus, and about midway between the river of that name and the termination of Mount Tmolus. It was the second city in Lydia, and was built by King Attalus Philadelphus, from whom it received its name. In the year 133 b.c. the place passed, with the country in the vicinity, under the dominion of the Romans. The site is reported by Strabo to be liable to earthquakes, but it continued to be a place of importance down to the Byzantine age; and, of all the towns in Asia Minor, it withstood the Turks the longest. It was taken by Bajazat, 1392 a.d. “It still exists as a Turkish town, under the name of Allah Shehr, ‘City of God,’ that is, the ‘High Town.’ It covers a considerable extent of ground, running up the slopes of four hills, or rather of one hill with four flat summits. The country, as viewed from these hills, is extremely magnificent - gardens and vineyards lying at the back and sides of the town, and before it one of the most beautiful and extensive plains of Asia. The missionaries Fisk and Parsons were informed by the Greek bishop that the town contained 3,000 houses, of which he assigned 250 to the Greeks, and the rest to the Turks (the mid-19th century). On the same authority it is stated that there are five churches in the town, besides twenty others which were too old or too small for use. Six minarets, indicating as many mosques, are seen in the town, and one of these mosques is believed by the native Christians to have been the church in which assembled the primitive Christians addressed in the Apocalypse. There are few ruins; but in one part are four pillars, which are supposed to have been columns of a church.

One solitary pillar has been often noticed, as reminding beholders of the remarkable words in the Apocalypse - ‘Him that overcometh I will make a pillar in the temple of my God’” (Kitto’s Encyclopedia. See also the Missionary Herald for 1821, p. 253; 1839, pp. 210-212). The town is the seat of a Greek archbishop, with about twenty inferior clergy. The streets are narrow, and are described as remarkably filthy. The engraving in this volume will give a representation of the town as it now appears.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 3:6. He that hath an ear — The usual caution and counsel carefully to attend to the things spoken to the members of that Church, in which every reader is more or less interested.


 
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