Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
In Thyatira (en Quateiroiv). Some forty miles south-east of Pergamum, a Lydian city on the edge of Mysia, under Rome since BC 190, a centre of trade, especially for the royal purple, home of Lydia of Philippi (Acts 16:14 f.), 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 (o uiov tou qeou). Here Jesus is represented as calling himself by this title as in John 11:4 and as he affirms on oath in Matthew 26:63 f. "The Word of God" occurs in Revelation 19:13.
His eyes like a flame of fire (touv ofqalmouv autou wv floga purov). As in Revelation 1:14.
His feet like burnished brass (oi podev autou omoioi xalkolibanw). As in Revelation 1:15.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 2:18:
Acts 16:14
Revelation 1:14
Revelation 1:15
Revelation 2:1
Revelation 9:7
Revelation 19:12
Revelation 21:5
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