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Oct 17, 2021 · ABOVE: St. John on Patmos, painted between c. 1649 and c. 1669 by the Flemish painter Gaspar de Crayer The founding of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the English aristocrat and Quaker William Penn (lived 1644 – 1718) founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682, he envisioned it as a place where people of all religious backgrounds would be able to live together in peace, brotherly love, and ...
What we do know is that he chose boldly, aiming for the vault of heaven, daring irony to strike. The name he gave his city combined the Greek words for love ( phileo) and brother ( adelphos ), setting up the enduring civic nickname: the City of Brotherly Love. Then Penn gave his city a street grid, a charter and a diplomatic first act that he ...
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- The City and The Assembly
- The Christ, The Author and Answer
- The Church and Its Affairs
- The Challenge and Admonition
Philadelphia, which means “brotherly love,” was situated in Lydia along the Hermus River valley about 38 miles southeast of Sardis. It was backed by volcanic cliffs and though the land was rich and fertile from the volcanic residue, Philadelphia was a dangerous place to live due the many earthquakes experienced by the region. Because of its locatio...
Once again our risen Lord presents Himself in an aspect of His person and work which is fitting to the needs and problems of the assembly to ever remind us of the sufficiency of His life. “He who is holy” asserts the Savior’s deity as the absolutely righteous One, the One totally set apart from sin. In Isaiah 40:25, Yahwehcalls Himself “The Holy On...
The Commendation Stated
The statements of commendation flow out of the truth of Christ as the One who opens in verse 7. They were using the opportunities (the open doors) the Lord had given them as the door opener. This is implied in verse 8a. Christ knew their deeds, and so He put before them an open door of ministry. We should note that “put” of the NASB, or “set” of the KJV, or “placed” of the NIV is the perfect tense of Greek didwmi which literally means, “I give.” It is used according to context in the sense of...
The Comfort Promised
“Those of the synagogue of Satan.” The synagogue refers to the place of Jewish worship and study. “Of Satan” is a genitive of possession, Satan’s synagogue, that which belongs to him. Satan was its head and the power behind the scenes. More crime, evil and persecution have been perpetrated in the name of religion and by the religious, self-righteous type than almost any other one source of evil. Religion is Satan’s trump card, and one of his primary weapons that he uses to both deceive and hu...
Certainties for the overcomer
In verse 12, then, the believer who overcomes is promised three specific things: First, he will have as a reward a special ministry as a permanent and prominent fixture in the temple of God (Eph. 2:21f). All believers are in the spiritual building and household of God (Eph. 2:21-22), but some will be pillars as special rewards. To be a pillar is a sign of special reward with a permanent position of honor and responsibilities in the millennium and eternal state. Pillars stood for stability, or...
Finally the letter is closed with the usual charge to all the churches or to the church of God at large wherever it may exist in the world to hear and take this message to heart. 57 William Barclay, The Revelation of John, Volume I, The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, p. 158. 58 G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 3rd edi...
Sep 16, 2015 · The name Philadelphia is the same as the common noun φιλαδελφια (philadelphia), meaning brotherly love and which occurs five times in the New Testament (Romans 12:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Peter 1:22 and 2 Peter 1:7). This noun, and thus the name Philadelphia, consists of two elements:
Philadelphia skyline as seen from Belmont Plateau, in Fairmount Park. Philadelphia has long been nicknamed " The City of Brotherly Love " from the literal meaning of the city's name in Greek ( Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ( [pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Greek pronunciation: [filaˈðelfia] ), "brotherly love"), derived from the Ancient Greek terms ...
(1) Brotherly love. —Better, The love of the brethren. (See Romans 12:10, and Note; 1Thessalonians 4:9; 1Peter 1:22 .) The love which they had shown to the Christian brotherhood is commended in Hebrews 6:10 ( Hebrews 10:33 ); and yet there was some ground for fear that such affection might not “continue” ( Hebrews 10:25 ). Benson Commentary.
May 29, 2020 · The name of the city meant "brotherly love" from Greek φιλέω ( phileo) meaning "to love" and ἀδελφός ( adelphos) meaning "brother". It is also the name of a city in the United States. Philadelphia. Rate Details. classic formal upper class urban wholesome strong refined strange complex serious.
