Verš 1
“And to the Angel of the Church of Sardis write: Thus says he who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name which is alive, but you are dead.
Zjv 1:4 - John, to the seven Churches, which are in Asia. Grace and peace to you, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are in the sight of his throne,
Zjv 1:16 - And in his right hand, he held the seven stars; and from his mouth went out a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was like the sun, shining with all its might.
Verš 3
Therefore, keep in mind the way that you have received and heard, and then observe it and repent. But if you will not be vigilant, I will come to you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Zjv 3:19 - Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
Mt 24:43 - But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into.
1Sol 5:2 - For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.
2Pt 3:10 - Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.
Zjv 16:15 - “Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace.”
Verš 5
Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels.
Ex 32:32 - or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.”
Ž 69:28 -
Flp 4:3 - And I also ask you, as my genuine companion, to assist those women who have labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement and the rest of my assistants, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Zjv 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in view of the throne. And books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by those things that had been written in the books, according to their works.
Zjv 21:27 - There shall not enter into it anything defiled, nor anything causing an abomination, nor anything false, but only those who have been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.
Mt 10:32 - Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.
Lk 12:8 - But I say to you: Everyone who will have confessed me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the Angels of God.
Verš 7
And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write: Thus says the Holy One, the True One, he who holds the key of David. He opens and no one closes. He closes and no one opens.
Zjv 3:14 - And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God:
Jób 12:14 - If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
Iz 22:22 - And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open.
Zjv 1:18 - And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of 699 death and of Hell.
Verš 9
Behold, I will take from the synagogue of Satan those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, for they are lying. Behold, I will cause them to approach and to reverence before your feet. And they shall know that I have loved you.
Zjv 2:9 - I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich, and that you are blasphemed by those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but who are a synagogue of Satan.
Verš 11
Behold, I am approaching quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.
Zjv 2:25 - Even so, that which you have, hold on to it until I return.
Verš 12
Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
1Kr 7:21 - And he stationed the two columns in the portico of the temple. And when he had stationed the column on the right, he called its name Jachin. Similarly, he erected the second column, and he called its name Boaz.
Zjv 22:4 - And they shall see his face. And his name shall be on their foreheads.
Zjv 21:2 - And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Zjv 21:10 - And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Verš 14
And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God:
Zjv 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,
Kol 1:15 - He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.
Verš 18
I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see.
2Kor 5:3 - If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
Zjv 7:13 - And one of the elders responded and said to me: “These ones who are clothed in white robes, who are they? And where did they come from?”
Zjv 16:15 - “Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace.”
Zjv 19:8 - And it was granted to her that she should cover herself with fine linen, splendid and white. For the fine linen is the justifications of the Saints.
Verš 19
Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
Jób 5:17 - Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.
Prís 3:12 - For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.
Heb 12:5 - And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
Verš 21
Whoever prevails, I will grant to him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also have overcome and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
Mt 19:28 - And Jesus said to them: “Amen I say to you, that at the resurrection, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, those of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
1Kor 6:2 - Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters?
Zjv 3,1 - Sardy sa nachádzali 50 km na juhovýchod od Tyatiry. Boli hlavným mestom Lýdie a centrom textilnej výroby.
Zjv 3,3 - Porov. 16, 15.
Zjv 3,4 - Odev vyjadruje duchovné kvality. Biela farba je symbolom nevinnosti, ale aj víťazstva, zvlášť nebeského.
Zjv 3,5 - Kniha života v Starom zákone označovala prináležanie k mesiášskym dobrám a účasť na nich (porov. Ex 32, 32–33; Iz 4, 3; Ž 69, 28–29; Dan 12, 1). Tu symbolizuje zoznam všetkých vyvolených (13, 8; 17, 8; 20, 12. 15; 21, 27).
Zjv 3,7 - Filadelfia bola 45 km na juhovýchod od Sárd. Mesto bolo zničené zemetrasením, ale cisár Tibérius ho znova vybudoval. "Otvára" – porov. Iz 22, 22. Je symbolom plnej a výlučnej moci Krista nad nebeským Jeruzalemom.
Zjv 3,8 - Otvorené dvere tu symbolizujú možnosť šírenia evanjelia. Porov. 1 Kor 16, 9; 2 Kor 2, 12; Kol 4, 3.
Zjv 3,9 - O satanovej synagóge pozri poznámku k 2, 9. Porov. Iz 45, 14; 60, 14; 43, 4.
Zjv 3,14 - Laodicea – mesto vo Frýgii, na východ od Efezu. Bola obchodným a remeselným mestom. "Amen" je Kristus (porov. 2 Kor 1, 19–20), čiže splnenie Božích prisľúbení.
