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Revelation 3:6

"If you have ears, then, 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone who hears this should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
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.
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 "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: "This is the message from the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know what you are doing; I know that you have the reputation of being alive, even though you are dead! 2 So wake up, and strengthen what you still have before it dies completely. For I find that what you have done is not yet perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you were taught and what you heard; obey it and turn from your sins. If you do not wake up, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not even know the time when I will come. 4 But a few of you there in Sardis have kept your clothes clean. You will walk with me, clothed in white, because you are worthy to do so. 5 Those who win the victory will be clothed like this in white, and I will not remove their names from the book of the living. In the presence of my Father and of his angels I will declare openly that they belong to me. 6 "If you have ears, then, 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
Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,
Genesis 3:12
The man answered, "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
Genesis 3:17
And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.
Genesis 3:19
You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again."
Genesis 6:2
some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.
Genesis 39:7
and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.
Joshua 7:21
Among the things we seized I saw a beautiful Babylonian cloak, about five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing over one pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. You will find them buried inside my tent, with the silver at the bottom."

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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