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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comVincent Word Studies - Revelation 3:17 - 3:17
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Because thou sayest
Connect, as A.V. and Rev., with what follows, not with what precedes. Some interpret I will spue thee out of my mouth because thou sayest, etc.
Increased with goods (πεπλούτηκα)
Rev., have gotten riches. The reference is to imagined spiritual riches, not to worldly possessions.
Thou
Emphatic.
Wretched (ὁ ταλαίπωρος)
Rev., better, giving the force of the article, the wretched one. From τλάω to endure, and πειρά a trial.
Miserable (ἐλεεινός)
Only here and 1Co 15:19. An object of pity (ἔλεος).
Poor (πτωχός)
See on Mat 5:3.