Rev 2:18 | RWP | e4.org | In Thyatira ( εν Θυατειροις ). Some forty miles south-east of Pergamum, a Lydian city on the edge of Mysia, under Rome since B.C. 190, a centre of trade, especially for the royal purple, home of Lydia of Philippi ( .), shown by inscriptions to be full of trade guilds, Apollo the chief deity with no emperor-worship, centre of activity by the Nicolaitans with their idolatry and licentiousness under a "prophetess" who defied the church there. Ramsay calls it "Weakness Made Strong" ( op. cit. , p. 316). The Son of God ( ο υιος του θεου ). Here Jesus is represented as calling himself by this title as in and as he affirms on oath in . "The Word of God" occurs in . His eyes like a flame of fire ( τους οφθαλμους αυτου ως φλογα πυρος ). As in . His feet like burnished brass ( ο ποδες αυτου ομοιο χαλκολιβανω ). As in .

‏ Revelation of John 2:18

In Thyatira ( εν Θυατειροις ). Some forty miles south-east of Pergamum, a Lydian city on the edge of Mysia, under Rome since B.C. 190, a centre of trade, especially for the royal purple, home of Lydia of Philippi (Ac 16:14f.), shown by inscriptions to be full of trade guilds, Apollo the chief deity with no emperor-worship, centre of activity by the Nicolaitans with their idolatry and licentiousness under a "prophetess" who defied the church there. Ramsay calls it "Weakness Made Strong" (op. cit., p. 316).

The Son of God ( ο υιος του θεου ). Here Jesus is represented as calling himself by this title as in Joh 11:4 and as he affirms on oath in Mt 26:63f. "The Word of God" occurs in 19:13.

His eyes like a flame of fire ( τους οφθαλμους αυτου ως φλογα πυρος ). As in 1:14.

His feet like burnished brass ( ο ποδες αυτου ομοιο χαλκολιβανω ). As in 1:15.