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Butἀλλὰyou haveἔχειςa fewὀλίγαpeopleὀνόματαinἐνSardisΣάρδεσινwhoἃhave notοὐκsoiledἐμόλυνανtheir clothes,τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶνandκαὶthey will walkπεριπατήσουσινwithμετ’meἐμοῦinἐνwhite,λευκοῖςforὅτιthey areεἰσινworthy.ἄξιοί
Revelation 3:4
Study it in the app“But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 3:4, word by word
- you haveἔχειςecheis
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echeis” appears- a fewὀλίγαoliga
few
In small number or amount, not many.
Where else “oliga” appears- peopleὀνόματαonomata
person
People counted one by one, each with a name.
Where else “onomata” appears- SardisΣάρδεσινSardesin
Sardis
See it on the mapWhere else “Sardesin” appears- soiledἐμόλυνανemolynan
defile
Defile, stain, make dirty.
Where else “emolynan” appears- their clothesἱμάτιαhimatia
clothes
Everything one has on.
Where else “himatia” appears- they will walkπεριπατήσουσινperipatēsousin
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatēsousin” appears- whiteλευκοῖςleukois
white
White.
Where else “leukois” appears- they areεἰσινeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- worthyἄξιοίaxioi
worthy
That has earned something good.
Where else “axioi” appears
Translation note
“People”: literally “names.”
Places in this verse
Sardis
Today: Sardis ruins, near Sart, Turkey
A city in western Turkey today, about 56 miles (90 km) east of Smyrna.
It is one of the seven assemblies of Asia. Jesus told it that it had a name for being alive but was dead, and called it to wake up (Rev 3:1-2).
The context
3Remember, then, how you have received and heard, and keep it, and change your mind. If, then, you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.
4 · This verse (above)
5The one who conquers will thus be clothed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.