Study it in the app“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, says:”
To the angelΤῷ ἀγγέλῳof the assemblyτῆς ἐκκλησίαςinἐνEphesusἘφέσῳwrite:γράψονThis is whatΤάδεthe one who holdsὁ κρατῶνthe sevenτοὺς ἑπτὰstarsἀστέραςinἐνhis right hand,τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦthe one who walksὁ περιπατῶνinἐνthe middleμέσῳof the sevenτῶν ἑπτὰgoldenτῶν χρυσῶνlampstands,λυχνιῶνsays:λέγει
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelōi” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsias” appearsEphesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Ephesōi” appearswrite
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “grapson” appearsthis
This; "such and such", "this here".
Where else “Tade” appearshold fast
To keep a firm grip on something, not let go.
Where else “kratōn” appearsseven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appearsstar
Star, heavenly body.
Where else “asteras” appearsright
Right (hand, side).
Where else “dexiai” appearswalk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatōn” appearsmiddle
Middle, in the midst.
Where else “mesōi” appearsgolden
Golden, made of gold.
Where else “chrysōn” appearslampstand
Lampstand: the stand on which a lamp is placed.
Where else “lychniōn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appearsChapters 2 and 3 are words of Jesus, who goes on speaking from 1:17; that is why they are in purple.
Ephesus
Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey
A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.
Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).
1 · This verse (above)
2I know your works, and your toil and your endurance, and that you cannot bear evil people, and that you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them false;
