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In Thyatira (en Thuateirois). Some forty miles south-east of Pergamum, a Lydian city on the edge of Mysia, under Rome since b.c. 190, a centre of trade, especially for the royal purple, home of Lydia of Philippi (Act 16:14.), 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 (ho huios tou theou). Here Jesus is represented as calling himself by this title as in Joh 11:4 and as he affirms on oath in Mat 26:63. “The Word of God” occurs in Rev 19:13.
His eyes like a flame of fire (tous ophthalmous autou hōs phloga puros). As in Rev 1:14.
His feet like burnished brass (hoi podes autou homoioi chalkolibanōi). As in Rev 1:15.