“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried...” (Revelation 2:9)
...John here refers to the Jewish synagogue, which he calls the “synagogue of Satan,” that is to say, a Jewish congregation that has rejected the Word of God and the Messianic prophecies and followed the misleading teachings of the scribes and Pharisees, the doctrines of the elders.
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Author: George M. Lamsa
Keywords: Synagogue of Satan, Satan
Bible reference(s): Revelation 2:9
Source: New Testament Light (San Francisco: Harper & Row), pp 319-320.
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